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Webster 1913 Edition
Tocsin
Toc′sin
,Noun.
[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.
The loud
tocsin
tolled their last alarm. Campbell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tocsin
TOC'SIN
,Noun.