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soundings Noun, pl 1. measurements of the depth of a river, lake, or sea 2. questions asked of someone in order to find out his or her opinion: soundings among colleagues had revealed enthusiasm for the plan How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If navigation ever existed on the surface of the moon, it must have been wonderfully difficult and dangerous; and we may well pity the Selenite sailors and hydrographers; the former, when they came upon these perilous coasts, the latter when they took the soundings of its stormy banks. And when they come to look at that spare room they had to take soundings before they could navigate it. The doctor opened the seals with great care, and there fell out the map of an island, with latitude and longitude, soundings, names of hills and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores. |
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