[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bell \bell\, n. as. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. see bellow.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   note: bells have been made of various metals, but the best
         have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
         tin.
         1913 webster

   the liberty bell, the famous bell of the philadelphia state
      house, which rang when the continental congress declared
      the independence of the united states, in 1776. it had
      been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "proclaim
      liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
      thereof."
      1913 webster

   2. a hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
      ball which causes it to sound when moved.
      1913 webster

   3. anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
      flower. "in a cowslip's bell i lie." --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. arch. 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.
      1913 webster

   5. pl. naut. the strikes of the bell which mark the time;
      or the time so designated.
      1913 webster

   note: on shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
         eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. half an hour after
         it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at
         every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
         increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
         which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
         1913 webster

   to bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the
      prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
      --fuller.

   to bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
      to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
      team or drove, when wearing a bell.

   to curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of
      excommunication used in the roman catholic church, the
      bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
      being used, and three candles being extinguished with
      certain ceremonies. --nares.

   to lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. "in single
      fight he lost the bell." --fairfax.

   to shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
         bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
         bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
         self-explaining.
         1913 webster

   bell arch arch., an arch of unusual form, following the
      curve of an ogee.

   bell cage, or bell carriage arch., a timber frame
      constructed to carry one or more large bells.

   bell cot arch., a small or subsidiary construction,
      frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
      used to contain and support one or more bells.

   bell deck arch., the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
      roof to the rooms below.

   bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
      bells.

   bell foundry, or bell foundery, a place where bells are
      founded or cast.

   bell gable arch., a small gable-shaped construction,
      pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
      bells.

   bell glass. see bell jar.

   bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.

   bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
      or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
      --aytoun.

   bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
      when used.

   bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
      business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
      musical bells for public entertainment.

   bell roof arch., a roof shaped according to the general
      lines of a bell.

   bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
      

   bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.

   bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
      1913 webster
see also:
bellow the liberty bell to bear away the bell to bear the bell to curse by bell book 
and candle to lose the bell to shake the bells bell arch bell cage 
bell carriage bell cot bell deck bell founder bell foundry 
bell foundery bell gable bell glass bell jar bell hanger 
bell pull bell punch bell ringer bell roof bell rope 
bell tent bell trap 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bell \bell\, v. t. imp.  p. p. belled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   belling.
   to put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
   1913 webster

   2. to make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
      1913 webster
see also:
belled belling 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bell \bell\, v. i.
   to develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to
   blossom; as, hops bell.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bell \bell\, v. t. as. bellan. see bellow.
   to utter by bellowing. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
bellow 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bell \bell\, v. i.
   to call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a
   bellowing sound; to roar.
   1913 webster

         as loud as belleth wind in hell.         --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         the wild buck bells from ferny brake.    --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bell
     n 1: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound
          when struck
     2: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or
        buzzing signal when pushed syn: doorbell, buzzer
     3: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she
        heard the distant toll of church bells" syn: toll
     4: nautical each of the eight half-hour units of nautical
        time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells
        signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
        syn: ship's bell
     5: the shape of a bell syn: bell shape, campana
     6: a phonetician and father of alexander graham bell
        1819-1905 syn: melville bell, alexander melville
        bell
     7: english painter; sister of virginia woolf; prominent member
        of the bloomsbury group 1879-1961 syn: vanessa bell,
        vanessa stephen
     8: united states inventor born in scotland of the telephone
        1847-1922 syn: alexander bell, alexander graham bell
     9: a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes
        of different lengths that are struck with a hammer syn: chime,
         gong
     10: the flared opening of a tubular device
     v : attach a bell to; "bell cows"
see also:
doorbell buzzer toll ship's bell bell shape campana 
melville bell alexander melville bell vanessa bell vanessa stephen alexander bell 
alexander graham bell chime gong 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

176 moby thesaurus words for "bell":
   roman candle, aerophone, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light,
   arrest, balefire, battery, beacon, beacon fire, bell buoy, bells,
   blinker, blue peter, bones, bong, buoy, castanets, caution light,
   celesta, check, checkmate, chime, chimes, church bell, clapper,
   clappers, cowbell, crash cymbal, cutoff, cymbals, dead stop,
   deadlock, dinner bell, dinner gong, doorbell, double reed,
   embouchure, end, endgame, ending, final whistle, finger cymbals,
   fire bell, flare, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn,
   full stop, gamelan, glance, glockenspiel, go light, gong,
   gong bell, gong buoy, green light, grinding halt, gun, halt,
   hand bell, handbells, heliograph, high sign, horn, hour, idiophone,
   international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant,
   jingle bell, key, kick, knell, leer, lip, lockout, lyra, maraca,
   marimba, marker beacon, metallophone, minute, mouthpiece, nod,
   nudge, orchestral bells, parachute flare, passing bell, peal,
   percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive,
   pilot flag, pipe, poke, police whistle, quarantine flag,
   radio beacon, rattle, rattlebones, red flag, red light, reed,
   rocket, sacring bell, sailing aid, semaphore, semaphore flag,
   semaphore telegraph, sheepbell, sign, signal, signal beacon,
   signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun,
   signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket,
   signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, sit-down strike, sizzler,
   sleigh bell, slide, snappers, spar buoy, stalemate, stand,
   standoff, standstill, stay, stop, stop light, stoppage, strike,
   tam-tam, telephone bell, the nod, the time, the wink, time,
   time of day, time signal, tintinnabula, tintinnabulum, toll,
   tongue, tonitruone, tooter, touch, traffic light, traffic signal,
   triangle, tubular bells, valve, vibes, vibraphone, walkout,
   watch fire, white flag, wigwag, wigwag flag, wind, wind instrument,
   wink, work stoppage, xylophone, yellow flag

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bell
     
        an early system on the ibm 650 and datatron 200 series.
     
        versions: bell l2, bell l3.
     
        listed in cacm 25:16 may 1959.
     
        is datatron version the same?
     
        1994-12-06
     
     
see also:
ibm 650 datatron 200 

[9] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bell
     
         bell telephone or bell laboratories.
     
        1997-04-07
     
     
see also:
bell telephone bell laboratories 

[10] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bell
     
         ascii 7, ascii mnemonic "bel", the character
        code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the
        computer or terminal.  in the teletype days it really was a
        bell, since the advent of the vdu it is more likely to be a
        sound sample e.g. the sound of a bell played through a
        loudspeaker.
     
        also called "g-bell", because it is typed as control-g.
     
        the term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer
        hobbyists.
     
        compare feep, visible bell.
     
        1997-04-08
     
     
see also:
ascii mnemonic character code terminal teletype vdu 
microcomputer feep visible bell 

[11] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

bell
   the bells first mentioned in scripture are the small golden
   bells attached to the hem of the high priest's ephod ex. 28:33,
   34, 35. the "bells of the horses" mentioned by zechariah
   14:20 were attached to the bridles or belts round the necks of
   horses trained for war, so as to accustom them to noise and
   tumult.
   

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

bell, ca city, fips 4870
  location: 33.97965 n, 118.17825 w
  population 1990: 34365 9401 housing units
  area: 6.6 sq km land, 0.5 sq km water
bell, fl town, fips 4975
  location: 29.75578 n, 82.86189 w
  population 1990: 267 111 housing units
  area: 3.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 32619

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

bell -- u.s. county in kentucky
   population 2000:    30060
   housing units 2000: 13341
   land area 2000:     360.767946 sq. miles 934.384652 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.583243 sq. miles 1.510593 sq. km
   total area 2000:    361.351189 sq. miles 935.895245 sq. km
   located within:       kentucky ky, fips 21
   location:             36.691388 n, 83.702245 w
   headwords:
    bell
    bell, ky
    bell county
    bell county, ky

[14] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

bell -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    237974
   housing units 2000: 92782
   land area 2000:     1059.718825 sq. miles 2744.659040 sq. km
   water area 2000:    28.208223 sq. miles 73.058960 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1087.927048 sq. miles 2817.718000 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             31.075540 n, 97.520327 w
   headwords:
    bell
    bell, tx
    bell county
    bell county, tx

[15] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

bell, ca -- u.s. city in california
   population 2000:    36664
   housing units 2000: 9215
   land area 2000:     2.476872 sq. miles 6.415068 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.165612 sq. miles 0.428932 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.642484 sq. miles 6.844000 sq. km
   fips code:            04870
   located within:       california ca, fips 06
   location:             33.978414 n, 118.182908 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    bell, ca
    bell

[16] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

bell, fl -- u.s. town in florida
   population 2000:    349
   housing units 2000: 149
   land area 2000:     1.634454 sq. miles 4.233216 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.634454 sq. miles 4.233216 sq. km
   fips code:            04975
   located within:       florida fl, fips 12
   location:             29.754443 n, 82.861712 w
   zip codes 1990:     32619
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    bell, fl
    bell

[17] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

bell, ok -- u.s. census designated place in oklahoma
   population 2000:    602
   housing units 2000: 189
   land area 2000:     22.195926 sq. miles 57.487182 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    22.195926 sq. miles 57.487182 sq. km
   fips code:            05090
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             35.737087 n, 94.521859 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    bell, ok
    bell

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