(1):
(n.) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
(2):
(n.) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; - usually in the plural.
(3):
(n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
(4):
(a.) Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
(5):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sound
(6):
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
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