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

peal \peal\, v. i.
   to appeal. obs. --spencer.
   1913 webster

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

peal \peal\ p=el, n. etymol. uncertain. zool.
   a small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. prov. eng.
   1913 webster

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

peal \peal\, n. an abbrev. of f. appel a call, appeal, ruffle
   of a drum, fr. appeller to call, l. appellare. see appeal.
   1. a loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells,
      thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. "a fair peal
      of artillery." --hayward.
      1913 webster

            whether those peals of praise be his or no. --shak.
      1913 webster

            and a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. --byron.
      1913 webster

   2. a set of bells tuned to each other according to the
      diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
      1913 webster

   to ring a peal. see under ring.
      1913 webster
see also:
appeal to ring a peal ring 

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

peal \peal\, v. i. imp.  p. p. pealed p=eld; p. pr. 
   vb. n. pealing.
   1. to utter or give out loud sounds.
      1913 webster

            there let the pealing organ blow.     --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to resound; to echo.
      1913 webster

            and the whole air pealed
            with the cheers of our men.           --longfellow.
      1913 webster
see also:
pealed pealing 

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

peal \peal\, v. t.
   1. to utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud
      sounds; to noise abroad.
      1913 webster

            the warrior's name,
            though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.
                                                  --j. barlow.
      1913 webster

   2. to assail with noise or loud sounds.
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            nor was his ear less pealed.          --milton.
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   3. to pour out. prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

peal
     n : a deep prolonged sound as of thunder or large bells syn:
         pealing, roll, rolling
     v 1: ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"
     2: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" syn: ring
see also:
pealing roll rolling ring 

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

110 moby thesaurus words for "peal":
   awake the dead, bay, beep, bell, blare, blast, blast the ear, blat,
   blow, blow the horn, bong, boom, booming, bray, bugle, cannonade,
   carillon, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clamor, clang,
   clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clap, clarion, clink, crash,
   crescendo, deafen, din, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging,
   dingle, dong, donging, fanfare, fill the air, flourish of trumpets,
   gong, growl, grumble, honk, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle,
   jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, peal ringing, pealing,
   pipe, rattle the windows, rend the air, rend the ears, resonate,
   resound, reverberate, reverberation, ring, ring changes, ringing,
   rise, roar, rock the sky, roll, rumble, shriek, sound,
   sound a knell, sound a tattoo, sound taps, split the eardrums,
   split the ears, squeal, startle the echoes, stun, surge, swell,
   tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thunder, ting,
   ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus,
   tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, toot, tootle, trumpet,
   trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, whistle, wind

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