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peal1
1. Bell-ringing a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells
2. the set of bells in a belfry
peal2
a dialect name for a grilse or a young sea trout


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A sudden clap of thunder is heard, and as peal follows peal, Oedipus is aware that his hour is come and bids Antigone summon Theseus.
Oedipus At Colonus by Sophocles View in context
Fire-flies hung in bright clusters on the dewy leaves, that waved in the cool night-wind; and the flowers stood gazing, in very wonder, at the little Elves, who lay among the fern-leaves, swung in the vine-boughs, sailed on the lake in lily cups, or danced on the mossy ground, to the music of the hare-bells, who rung out their merriest peal in honor of the night.
Flower Fables by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
I could not help joining, and we laughed together, peal after peal, until the tavern rang again.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
 
 
 
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