Peal

[Peal]

A peal is a loud or deep sound that is usually repeated. So, you may hear a peal of laughter or a peal of thunder, but you wouldn't refer to a solitary scream as a peal.

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A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

Noun
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

Verb
sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"

Verb
ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"

n.
A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

v. i.
To appeal.

n.
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.

n.
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.

v. i.
To utter or give out loud sounds.

v. i.
To resound; to echo.

v. t.
To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.

v. t.
To assail with noise or loud sounds.

v. t.
To pour out.

Peal

Peal , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo'94l.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Prov. Eng.]

Peal

Peal, v. i. To appeal. [Obs.] Spencer.

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.
Whether those peals of praise be his or no.
And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar.
2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells. To ring a peal. See under Ring.

Peal

Peal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pealed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pealing.] 1. To utter or give out loud sounds.
There let the pealing organ blow.
2. To resound; to echo.
And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men.

Peal

Peal, v. t. 1. To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
The warrior's name, Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.
2. To assail with noise or loud sounds.
Nor was his ear less pealed.
3. To pour out. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

To appeal.

A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.

To utter or give out loud sounds.

To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.

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Usage Examples

Every night, half an hour before curtain up, the bells of St. Malachy's, the Actors' Chapel on New York's 49th Street, peal the tune of 'There's No Business Like Show Business.' If you walk the streets of the theatre district before a show and see the vast, enthusiastic lines it sounds like a calling: there is certainly no place like Broadway.

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