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larum-bell
ˈlarum-bell Obs. exc. poet. [f. larum n. + bell.] = alarm-bell.1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 57 Lest by the way some watchman lay, to ring the larome bell. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 25. 1597 Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 17. 1609 Heywood Brit. Troy xv. lxxi, The Larum Bels of death on all sides rin... Oxford English Dictionary
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larum
▪ I. larum, n. (ˈlɛərəm, ˈlærəm) Forms: 6 larom(e, larowme, 8 larrom, -um, 6– larum. [Aphetic form of alarum.] 1. A call to arms, a battle-cry; news of an enemy's approach; any sound to warn of danger. † Hence (rarely) a sudden attack.1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Eph. p. xiv, What larum so euer ... Oxford English Dictionary
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watch-case
ˈwatch-case † 1. ? A place in which one must keep watch.1597 Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 17 O thou dull God [sc. Sleep], why lyest thou with the vilde, In loathsome Beds, and leau'st the Kingly Couch, A Watch-case, or a common Larum-Bell? 2. A hinged case or cover of an old-fashioned watch, enclosing... Oxford English Dictionary
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defeasance
defeasance (diːˈfiːzəns) Forms: 5 defesance, Sc. defasance, 6 depheazance, Sc. defaisance, 6–7 defeasans, defeysance, 7 defeisance, 6–9 defeazance, 6– defeasance. [ME. a. AF. defesaunce, OF. defesance undoing, destruction, f. OF. defesant, des-, pr. pple. of desfaire (now défaire) to undo, destroy, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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