a simple perception, or idea, communicated to the soul, by means of the ear, which is the primary organ of hearing. See ANATOMY, p. 295, and PNEUMATICS, p. 488.

in geography, denotes in general any strait, or inlet, of the sea, between two head-lands. However, the name sound is given, by way of eminence, to the strait between Sweden and Denmark, joining the German ocean to the Baltic, being about four miles over.