To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
A rush for weaving baskets.
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
Mentally fragile.
Weak; infirm.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
Dive downwards, used of a whale.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
To convey an impression by one's sound.
To cause to produce a sound.
To pronounce.
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
To produce a sound.
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra, &.
A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
The air bladder of a fish.
Soundly.
Heavy; laid on with force.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
Complete, solid, or secure.
Having the property of soundness.
Healthy.
Quiet and deep.
Good; acceptable; decent.