Soundings
['saundiŋz]
Examples
- This he was used to, and could take soundings of. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It being necessary to take soundings every minute, and to feel the way with the greatest caution, Mr Wegg's attention was fully employed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If the soundings show the following depths: 30, 25, 20, 32, 28, the average depth could be taken as 30 + 25 + 20 + 32 + 28 ÷ 5, or 27 feet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the morning it was found by our soundings, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We were several times chased in our passage, but outsailed everything; and in thirty days had soundings. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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