单词 | mort bell |
释义 | > as lemmasmort bell mort bell n. Scottish (now historical) a funeral bell. ΚΠ 1590 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 153 Thair twa commoun bellis, viz. the mort and skellet bellis. a1709 J. Fraser Chrons. Frasers (1905) 508 The trumpets and murning or mort bells usher them in. 1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. vi. i. 13 From the hour that the mort-bell was again heard in the land, men relapsed into their wonted customs. 1927 Scots Mag. May 148 The town of Glasgow formerly possessed two official hand bells, to wit, the ‘mort’ bell and the ‘skellat’ bell. < as lemmas |
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