单词 | larum bell |
释义 | larum belln. Now rare. = alarm bell n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary > device for sounding alarm > bell larum bellc1453 warning bell1511 alarm bell1548 call bell1673 tocsin1842 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > as alarm signal > warning or alarm bell larum bellc1453 warning bell1511 alarm bell1548 storm-bell1837 fray-bell1864 α. β. 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 147 The larme bell being ronge, and the people armed assemblyng in the markette place.1566 T. Churchyard Churchyardes Farewell (single sheet) The truth like larm bell, Should shortly sounde in tender eares and learne you to doo well.1613 W. Shute tr. J. J. Orlers & H. van Haestens Triumphs of Nassau 148 Euerie man should prepare..by the larme bell to assemble themselues to kill and take their enemies prisoners and to hang them vp.1819 Jrnl. of Times 6 Mar. 416/1 Dull silence prevailed till the 'larm bell toll'd.1840 Tyne Songster (new ed.) 310 She's like a larm-bell i' the house, Ding-donging at me day and neet.1928 G. W. Coffin Shotgun Splicin' in F. H. Koch Carolina Folk-Plays 3rd Ser. 130 Pint in the middle of Gyarden Creek, whar ol' Beck was a-drinkin', the blamed ol' 'larm bell sot off.c1453 (c1437) Brut (Harl. 53) 574 (MED) Sir Iohn Radcliff sent word..to rynge out the larom bell. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 20 Lest by the way some watchman lay, to ring the larome bell. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix. sig. V6v Within the Barbican a Porter sate... His larumbell might lowd and wyde be hard, When cause requyrd. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 17 O thou dull god, why li'ste thou with the vile In lothsome beds, and leauest the kingly couch, A watch-case, or a common larum bell ? View more context for this quotation 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xv. lxxi The Larum Bels of death on all sides ringing. 1654 Trag. Alphonsus iii. 41 Run to the Tow'r, and Ring the Larum Bell. 1701 E. Settle Virgin Prophetess iv. 24 I'll ring one last, tho' almost hopeless, Larum-bell To him whose fatal Hand must light the Fire-brand. 1798 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets (ed. 2) IV. lvi. 540 John has just struck the huge clapper of the ponderous larum-bell. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. xxv. 90 Ring out the Castle larum bell! 1874 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Aug. 506/2 She is laid out on the best bed, with the string of the 'larum bell round her hand, so as if she came to life again she could make herself heard. 1907 Harvard Monthly July 261 They heard the 'larum bell of the castle ringing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1453 |
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