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单词 sounder
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soundern.1

Brit. /ˈsaʊndə/, U.S. /ˈsaʊndər/
Forms: Middle English sundyr, sondyr, s(o)undre, 1500s sovneder, sowndir, 1600s soundor, 1600s, 1800s sownder, Middle English– sounder.
Etymology: < Old French sundre, sonre (modern dialect sonre), of Germanic origin: compare Old English sunor, suner, Old Norse sonar- (in sonarblót, -gǫltr), Lombard sonor- (in sonorpair boar), Old High German and Middle High German swaner (Old High German swanering, Middle High German swänre, boar).
1. A herd of wild swine.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar > collectively
swineOE
sounderc1400
sloth1616
pig1874
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1440 On þe sellokest swyn swenged out þere, Long sythen fro þe sounder þat synglere for olde.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv When þei be not of iii. yere, men calleth hem swyne of soundre.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) v Þat men calle a trippe of tame swyne and of wylde swyne it is called a soundre, þat is to say, if þer be passed .v. or vi. togydres.
1486 Bk. St. Albans e ij b Twelfe make a Sounder of the wylde swyne, xvi. a medyll Sounder what place thay be inne, A grete sounder of swyne .xx. ye shall call.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 100 Of a Bore, when he forsaketh the Sounder & feedeth alone, he shalbe called a Sanglier.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 69 A sounder of hogsteers, Or thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth.
1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest iv. f. 25v The first yeere he [i.e. the wild boar] is, a Pigg of the sounder.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Sownder, a company of wilde Bores together.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 177 Skilfull Foresters and good Woodmen Doe vse to say, a Sounder Of Swyne [etc.].
1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles III. 407 I have never spoken of a sownder of swine or a sculk of foxes.]
1840 E. E. Napier Scenes & Sports Foreign Lands I. iv. 115 The noble sight of a fine sounder..breaking covert and scouring along the plain.
1880 Tharp Sword of Damocles II. 219 Almost directly afterwards the whole sounder, of ten or a dozen, emerged into the open.
2.
a. The lair of a wild boar. rare.
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1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 518 Rouz'd by the hounds and hunters'..cries, The savage from his leafy sounder flies.
b. (See quots.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar > of specific age or size
sanglier?a1400
hog1486
singular1486
sounder1823
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 237 It had so happened that a sounder (i.e. in the language of the period, a boar of only two years old,) had crossed the track of the proper object of the chase.
1891 C. Wise Rockingham Castle vii. 153 A wild Boar of the first year was a ‘Sounder’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

soundern.2

Brit. /ˈsaʊndə/, U.S. /ˈsaʊndər/
Etymology: < sound v.1
1. One who makes or utters a sound or sounds; one who causes something, esp. an instrument, to sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > person causing or making
sounder1591
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun]
player?c1450
sounder1591
instrumentist1609
twire-pipea1625
tweedle-dee1725
tweedle-dum1725
instrumental1798
instrumentalist1814
tudeler1814
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Tañedor A plaier or sounder of any instrument, cantor.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Luyder, a Ringer, a Sounder.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iii. 100 The illustrious sun..did dart one of his most potent beams..upon the refulgent nose of this sounder of brass.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 14 In the front..stood the sounder of the sacred trumpet.
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. i. 34 The sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime, were put to Death.
2.
a. A telegraphic device which enables the communications or signals to be read by sound.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > other parts of telegraphs
electric wire1819
pecker1858
sounder1860
motograph1874
contact-point1879
phonopore1885
phonophore1886
separator1891
syntonizer1900
power buzzer1918
1860 G. B. Prescott Electr. Telegr. 91 Since the adoption of the method of reading by sound, another apparatus has taken the place of the register, or recording apparatus, called the sounder.
1872 F. L. Pope Telegraph iv. 32 The Sounder consists simply of the electro-magnet, armature and lever fixed upon a base.
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 246 The Sounder, on account of the extreme simplicity of its mechanism, is less liable to faults than any of the other forms of instruments which are employed.
attributive.1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2247/2 Sounder-magnet, the magnet which operates the sounder in the receiving apparatus.
b. A telegraphist who operates or has experience with this.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraph operator
telegrapher1794
telegraphist1817
puncher1876
key worker1884
sounder1887
cabler1890
space-telegrapher1899
Marconist?1900
key man1901
wireless operator1902
wirer1916
ham1919
1887 Daily News 2 May 7/3 Telegraphist (sounder) desires engagement.
3. A device or instrument which gives a signal, etc., by sounding; also, the signal so given.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > [noun] > apparatus
soundera1884
hydrophone1893
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 832/1 Sounder, an alarm or call, made by closing an electric circuit.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 7/1 An electric sounder, too, is so arranged that it commences to ring if everything is correct, directly the gun is loaded and in the firing position.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

soundern.3

Brit. /ˈsaʊndə/, U.S. /ˈsaʊndər/
Etymology: < sound v.2
1.
a. One who sounds the depth of water, etc.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with other specific duties on ship
sounder1575
carpenter1626
marshal1626
mastman1649
master of voyage1771
tierer1825
legger1831
call boy1835
bellboy1851
paymaster1852
snubber1853
leadsman1857
lamps1866
berther1867
bailer1883
waistboater1891
tanky1909
planesman1945
1575 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1907) I. 356 And whyles I hearken what the Saylers saye, The sownder sings, fadame two full no more.
a1668 W. Davenant Philosopher's Disquis. v, in Wks. (1673) 326 It is a Plummet to so short a Line, As sounds no deeper then the sounders Eies.
b. One who sounds the intentions, opinions, etc., of a person or persons. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > seeker of
sounder1587
voice-asker1593
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > sounding out > instrument of
sounder1587
voice-asker1593
draw1811
feeler1823
leader1882
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1371*/1 For that himselfe would not be seene to be a sounder of men, least he might..indanger himselfe and the enterprise.
2. An apparatus for sounding the sea.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod
sounding-line1336
plumbc1425
lead-line1485
handline1535
bolye1552
fathom line1598
plumb line1648
sounda1653
hand lead1669
plumbing line1671
plumbing rope1693
sounder1811
sea-line1828
1811 Naval Chron. 25 221 This sounder shews..the..depth of water.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 832 Sounder, Sir William Thomson's apparatus for deep-sea sounding while the ship is in motion.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 8/1 Whilst sounding on this ledge the sounder struck ground at 550 fathoms.
3. A surgical sound.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > probe or sound
tenta1400
probe?a1425
search?a1425
sequere mea1425
searcher?c1425
searching iron1477
prove?1541
privet1598
proof1611
style1631
seeker1658
searching instrument1663
stylet1697
stiletto1699
breast-probe1739
sound1797
sounder1875
tracer1882
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1926/1 Sim's uterine repositor consists of a short metallic sounder, rotatable on a long shaft.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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