Entire; unbroken; not shaky, split or defective; as sound timber.

Undecayed; whole; perfect, or not defective; as sound fruit; a sound apple or melon.

Unbroken; not bruised or defective; not lacerated or decayed; as a sound limb.

Not carious; not decaying; as a sound tooth.

Not broken or decayed; not defective; as a sound ship.

Whole; entire; unhurt; unmutilated; as a sound body.

Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; having all the organs complete and in perfect action; as a sound body; sound health; a sound constitution; a sound man; a sound horse.

Founded in truth; firm; strong; valid; solid; that cannot be overthrown or refuted; as sound reasoning; a sound argument; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.

Right; correct; well founded; free form error; orthodox. 2 Timothy 1:7, 13. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. Psalm 179:80.

Heavy; laid on with force; as sound strokes; a sound beating.

Founded in right and law; legal; valid; not defective; that cannot be overthrown; as a sound title to land; sound justice.

Fast; profound; undisturbed; as sound sleep.

Perfect, as intellect; not broken or defective; not enfeebled by age or accident; not wild or wandering; not deranged; as a sound mind; a sound understanding or reason.

Soundly; heartily. So sound he slept that nought might him awake.

The air bladder of a fish.

A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the main land and an isle; or a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as the sound which connect the Baltic with the ocean, between Denmark and Sweden; the sound that separates Long Island from the main land of New York and Connecticut.

An instrument which surgeons introduce into the bladder, in order to discover whether there is a stone in the viscus or not.

To try, as the depth of water and the quality of the ground, by sinking a plummet or lead, attached to a line on which are marked the number of fathoms. The lower end of the lead is covered with tallow, by means of which some portion of the earth, sand, gravel, shellsof the bottom, adhere to it and are drawn up. By these means, and the depth of water and the nature of the bottom, which are carefully marked on good charts, seamen may know how far a ship is from land in the night or in thick weather, and in many cases when the land is too remote to be visible.

To introduce a sound into the bladder of a patient, in order to ascertain whether a stone is there or not. When a patient is to be sounded- .

To try; to examine; to discover or endeavor to discover that which lies concealed in another’s breast; to search out the intention, opinion, will or desires. I was in jest, and by that offer meant to sound your breast. I’ve sounded my Numidians man by man.' .