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tocsin |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tocsin n 1: the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn: {alarm bell}] 2: a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: {warning bell}]
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