"sounding machine" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV:",
          "text": "My fist went out like an arrow from a released bow, and Tom Spink staggered back, tripped against the corner of the tarpaulin-covered sounding-machine, and sprawled on the deck. He tried to make a fight of it, but I followed him up, giving him no chance to set himself or recover from the surprise of my first onslaught.",
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        "A device used to measure water depth beneath a ship, consisting of a winch or windlass that deploys and retrieves a weighed line or wire."
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          "measure",
          "measure"
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          "water",
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          "depth",
          "depth"
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          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
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          "consisting",
          "consisting"
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        [
          "winch",
          "winch"
        ],
        [
          "windlass",
          "windlass"
        ],
        [
          "deploy",
          "deploy"
        ],
        [
          "retrieve",
          "retrieve"
        ],
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          "weighed",
          "weighed"
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          "line",
          "line"
        ],
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          "wire",
          "wire"
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        "(nautical) A device used to measure water depth beneath a ship, consisting of a winch or windlass that deploys and retrieves a weighed line or wire."
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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          "water"
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          "depth"
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          "ship"
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          "consisting"
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          "winch",
          "winch"
        ],
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          "windlass",
          "windlass"
        ],
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          "deploy",
          "deploy"
        ],
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          "retrieve",
          "retrieve"
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          "weighed"
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          "line"
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        "(nautical) A device used to measure water depth beneath a ship, consisting of a winch or windlass that deploys and retrieves a weighed line or wire."
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        "nautical",
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