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death knell
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death knell
(gcide) | Knell \Knell\, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to
sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw.
knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack.
Cf. Knoll, n. & v.]
The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a
person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence,
(figuratively), a warning or harbinger of, or a sound
indicating, the passing away of anything; -- also called
death knell.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The dead man's knell
Is there scarce asked for who. --Shak.
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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. --Gray.
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death knell
(gcide) | death knell \death" knell`\, n.
1. A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a
knell[1].
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: (figuratively) A sign or harbinger of the end,
death, or passing away of anything.
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death knell
(wn) | death knell
n 1: an omen of death or destruction
2: a bell rung to announce a death [syn: death knell, {death
bell}] |
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