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sound (English)

(British, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.. Complete, solid, or secure.. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.. Healthy.. Heavy; laid on with force. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a [...]

landlubber (English)

(nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

sounding (English)

(chiefly, in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.. A measured depth of water.. Test made with a probe or sonde.. The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes. The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.