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undern-bell

undern-bell noun: a bell rung to mark the undern-song.

Noun

undern-bell

  1. (dated, historical, obsolete) A bell rung to mark the undern-song.
    • At Stamford the signal for the commencement of the corn market was, in the reign of Edward IV, the ringing of the Undernone or Undern bell.1888, Thomas North, William Beresford, English Bells and Bell Lore: A Book on Bells, page 187
    • When they rang the undern-bell, he was in London and not yet ready; and yet he won to Canterbury long ere evensong, riding fifty miles.1908, Edith Rickert, Early English Romances in Verse, page 74

Questions about undern-bell

What does undern-bell mean?
Undern-bell means a bell rung to mark the undern-song.
What part of speech is undern-bell?
Undern-bell is a noun.

Words near undern-bell in the dictionary

  1. undermuscular
  2. undermusic
  3. undermyelinated
  4. undermyelination
  5. undern
  6. undern-bell
  7. undern-song
  8. undern-time
  9. undern-times
  10. undernamed
  11. undernatant

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