tocsin
11TOCSIN — n. m. Tintement d’une cloche à coups pressés et redoublés pour donner l’alarme, pour avertir du feu, etc. Dès que l’ennemi parut, on sonna le tocsin. Sitôt qu’on sonna le tocsin, les habitants accoururent pour éteindre le feu. Les factieux… …
12Tocsin — Le tocsin est une sonnerie faite avec les cloches publiques pour alerter la population d un danger tel qu un incendie, une invasion, une guerre, mais aussi la fin de la guerre ou d une alerte. Toutes les cloches du clocher de l église ou du… …
13tocsin — noun /ˈtɒksɪn/ a) An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, especially with reference to France. At half past one, on the sounding of the tocsin (or bell of the public house) about fifteen persons were collected, when the Rev. J.… …
14tocsin — UK [ˈtɒksɪn] / US [ˈtɑksɪn] noun [countable] Word forms tocsin : singular tocsin plural tocsins literary a warning signal made by the sound of a bell …
15Tocsin — A tocsin consists of a signal of alarm given by the ringing of a bell, and hence any warning or danger signal. The earliest form of the word in English appears as toclesaine , borrowed from the Old French touque sain (from toquer (to strike),… …
16Tocsin (disambiguation) — A tocsin is a form of alarm.The term may also refer to:* Tocsin (album), the second album of 1980s goth rock band Xmal Deutschland * Tocsin , the title of the final movement of Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich) *Tocsin, Indiana, a small town in the… …
17Tocsin (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Tocsin Type = album Artist = Xmal Deutschland Released = 1984 Recorded = Livingston Studios, London 1984 Genre = Gothic Length = 47:09 Label = 4AD Producer = Mick Glossop Reviews = Last album = Fetisch (1984) This album =… …
18Tocsin, Indiana — Infobox Settlement official name = Tocsin settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = mapsize = map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = image dot dot mapsize = dot map caption = dot x = dot y = pushpin pushpin label position =… …
19tocsin / toxin — A tocsin is an alarm, or a bell or siren used as an alarm: Our town has a hurricane tocsin that is tested every day at noon. A toxin is a poison, requiring an antitoxin for survival: The toxin of mushroom made Rita Book cross eyed and left… …
20tocsin / toxin — A tocsin is an alarm, or a bell or siren used as an alarm: Our town has a hurricane tocsin that is tested every day at noon. A toxin is a poison, requiring an antitoxin for survival: The toxin of mushroom made Rita Book cross eyed and left… …
