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larum-bell

larum-bell noun: an alarm-bell.

Noun

larum-bell (plural larum-bells)

  1. (obsolete) An alarm-bell.
    • His larumbell might lowd and wide be hard, / When cause requird, but neuer out of time; / Early and late it rong, at euening and at prime.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of larum-bell

plurallarum-bells

Questions about larum-bell

What does larum-bell mean?
Larum-bell means an alarm-bell.
What part of speech is larum-bell?
Larum-bell is a noun.
What is the plural of larum-bell?
The plural of larum-bell is larum-bells.

Words near larum-bell in the dictionary

  1. LaRue
  2. LaRue County
  3. Laruellian
  4. Larues
  5. larum
  6. larum-bell
  7. larum-bells
  8. larumed
  9. laruming
  10. larums
  11. Larunda

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