a. Obs. Also 5 sonowre, 6 sonour. [ad. L. sonōr-us (see SONOROUS a.), or a. F. sonore.] Sonorous.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, d iij. Looke also that thay [sc. the bells] be sonowre and well sowndyng and shil.
a. 1542. Wyatt, Ps. li. Prol. 9. On sonour cordes his fingers he extendes.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 427. It becomes tinalous, hard and sonore.
