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tocsin
(encz) | tocsin,poplach n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tocsin
(gcide) | Tocsin \Toc"sin\, n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer
(originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for
sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See
Touch, and Sign.]
An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm.
[1913 Webster]
The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell.
[1913 Webster] |
tocsin
(wn) | tocsin
n 1: the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn: tocsin,
alarm bell]
2: a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: tocsin, warning bell] |
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Tocsin
(gcide) | Tocsin \Toc"sin\, n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer
(originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for
sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See
Touch, and Sign.]
An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm.
[1913 Webster]
The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell.
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