Found 3 hits - Term: tocsin, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tocsin \toc"sin\, n. f., fr. of. toquier to touch, f. toquer
originally, a dialectic form of f. toucher + seint for
sein a bell, ll. signum, fr. l. signum a sign, signal. see
touch, and sign.
an alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm.
1913 webster
the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --campbell.
1913 webster
see also:
touch sign
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tocsin
n 1: the sound of an alarm usually a bell syn: alarm bell
2: a bell used to sound an alarm syn: warning bell
see also:
alarm bell warning bell
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 moby thesaurus words for "tocsin":
klaxon, mayday, sos, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell,
alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, alert, all clear, beacon,
blinking light, burglar alarm, buzzer, crostarie, fiery cross,
fire alarm, fire bell, fire flag, five-minute gun, flashing light,
fog bell, fog signal, foghorn, gale warning, hooter, horn,
hue and cry, hurricane warning, lighthouse, note of alarm,
occulting light, police whistle, sign, signal, signal of distress,
siren, small-craft warning, still alarm, storm cone, storm flag,
storm warning, two-minute gun, upside-down flag, whistle
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tocsin_pag1.html Tocsin.net
...... tocsin.net.. Le site de Tocsin est toujours là, à voir ou à revoir.. ... Tocsin, agence de presse multimédias, édite Sociétés de l'information ... ..
http://www.tocsin.net/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:16 am Project Tocsin
...PROJECT TOCSIN was founded in Sacramento CA in 1991 by Jerry Sloan and ... The History of Project Tocsin. As PT networked with similar grassroots ... ..
http://www.rthoughtsrfree.org/tocsin.htm, score=53, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:09 pm Tocsin : Un dialogue engagé
...Tocsin ouvre ses colonnes à vos réactions sur le traitement médiatique ... Tocsin vous propose de décrypter un micro-trottoir télévisé consacré à ... ..
http://www.tocsin.net/index_archives.htm, score=37, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:51 pm Tocsinclub
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http://www.tocsinclub.com/, score=33, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:40 am Definition of tocsin - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...tocsin. One entry found for tocsin.. Main Entry: toc·sin Pronunciation ... For More Information on "tocsin" go to Britannica.com. Get the Top 10 ... ..
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=tocsin, score=24, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 2:08 am Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: tocsin
...The first atomic bomb fell and its radioactive cloud became a tocsin ... Tocsin derives from Medieval French touquesain, from Old Provençal ... ..
http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2002/08/14.html, score=20, date indexed=November 20, 2005, 6:29 pm TOCS-IN main page
...tocsin (OED 2nd ed.) A signal, esp. an alarm-signal, sounded by ... ..
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html, score=20, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:36 pm Tocsin vous sonne les cloches...
...Les reporters de Tocsin collent aux basques des rédactions et ... chasse l'autre. Tocsin n'est pas pressé et prend un malin plaisir à ... ..
http://www.tocsin.net/info.htm, score=19, date indexed=November 26, 2005, 12:51 pm tocsin: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com
...tocsin. A tocsin consists of a signal of alarm given by the ringing of ... Tocsin. Nederlands (Dutch). noodklok Français (French). tocsin. ... ..
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