Tocsin: alternatives and connections

A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people…

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the ge…

A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…

A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.

To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.

A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.

Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.

Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resoun…

That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- insti…

A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a s…

A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary…

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of…