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lowbell
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lowbell, n. [Low a flame + bell.].
- A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. [1913 Webster]"The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep." [1913 Webster]
- A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. [1913 Webster]"A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck." [1913 Webster]
lowbell, v. t.
To frighten, as with a lowbell. [1913 Webster]
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