alarum
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How to use alarum in a sentence
When the town bell rings the alarum members of the Gild are to go to the help of the Bailiffs only.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertSuddenly the sharp wild clangor of the great alarum-bell of Famagosta crashed through the silence.
The Royal Pawn of Venice | Mrs. Lawrence TurnbullThis will specially be the case when the alarum spring is long and fully wound.
Life Movements in Plants | Sir Jagadis Chunder BoseAt moonrise, however, Grunter woke, punctual as an alarum clock.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandMrs. Pryor was, when once unwound, like an alarum, obliged to run off.
Salome | Emma Marshall
British Dictionary definitions for alarum
/ (əˈlærəm, -ˈlɑːr-, -ˈlɛər-) /
archaic an alarm, esp a call to arms
(used as a stage direction, esp in Elizabethan drama) a loud disturbance or conflict (esp in the phrase alarums and excursions)
Origin of alarum
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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