son if action (sonifakshon)

[L. son us, sound, + factio (n-), A mode of son if action.. similar to that where a boy runs along a fence pushing a stick against the pickets. Stand. Nat. Hist., II. 307. sonifer (son'i-fer), n. [ soniferous (sō-nif'e-rus), a. [L. son us, sound, + ferre = E. bear1.] Conveying or producing sound. son-in-law (sun'in-la"), n. [ If the Emperour die son - le e , a succe or is chosen, of such a spirit as their present affaires do require. Sandys , Travailes, p. 133.