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on soundings [′ȯn ‚sau̇nd·iŋz]

(navigation)

Of a vessel, navigating within the 100-fathom (183-meter) curve; in earlier times, the term was applied to a vessel in water sufficiently shallow for sounding by sounding lead.

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