larum
Americannoun
noun
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As we went, we heard the continually renewed larum of a landrail in the long grass.
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
The clock which stood upon the mantel had sounded twice the customary larum, but had not been heard by us.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
But as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly; and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The cart moved on, the bell renewed its summons, till slowly and faintly the dreadful larum died in the distance.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Beneath the bridge, with strange device, A hundred bells were hung; That man, nor beast, might pass thereon, But straight their larum rung.
From The Book of Brave Old Ballads by Sir John Gilbert
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