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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Sond

· IPA
01 n. That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.
  1. 1.
    That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.[Obs.]
    “Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond.” — Chaucer.
  2. 2.
    a rocket or balloon sent into the upper atmosphere to measure atmospheric conditions or other phenomena at altitudes unattainable by aircraft.(Rocketry)