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sounding lead
[ leed ]
/ lid /
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noun
See under sounding line.
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sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line, sounding machine, sounding rocket, sound law, soundless
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British Dictionary definitions for sounding lead
sounding lead
/ (lÉd) /
noun
a lead weight, usually conical and having a depression in the base for a dab of grease so that, when dropped to the bottom on a sounding line, a sample of sand, gravel, etc, can be retrieved
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