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To ring a peal
(gcide) | Peal \Peal\, n. [An abbrev. of F. appel a call, appeal, ruffle
of a drum, fr. appeller to call, L. appellare. See Appeal.]
1. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells,
thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. "A fair peal
of artillery." --Hayward.
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Whether those peals of praise be his or no. --Shak.
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And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. --Byron.
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2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the
diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
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To ring a peal. See under Ring.
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To ring a peal
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung
(r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS.
hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
body; as, to ring a bell.
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2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak.
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3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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To ring a peal, to ring a set of changes on a chime of
bells.
To ring the changes upon. See under Change.
To ring in or To ring out, to usher, attend on, or
celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the
old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson.
To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing
the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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