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A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup
with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth
a ringing sound on being struck. |
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A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball
which causes it to sound when moved. |
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Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
flower. |
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That part of the capital of a column included between the
abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly
cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. |
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The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so
designated. |
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To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat. |
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To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube. |
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To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell;
to blossom; as, hops bell. |
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To utter by bellowing. |
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To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a
bellowing sound; to roar. |