pealing


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peal

 (pēl)
n.
1. A ringing of a set of bells, especially a change or set of changes rung on bells.
2. A set of bells tuned to each other; a chime.
3. A loud burst of noise: peals of laughter.
v. pealed, peal·ing, peals
v.intr.
To sound in a peal; ring.
v.tr.
To cause to peal.
[Middle English pele, a bell peal, especially as a summons to church, short for apel, appeal; see appeal.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pealing - a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)pealing - a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
peal, rolling, roll
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
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Then came pealing through the air a bugle-call that froze my blood - "IT IS I, SOLDIER - COME!" I turned; Cathy was flying down through the massed people; she cleared the parapet at a bound, and sped towards that riderless horse, who staggered forward towards the remembered sound; but his strength failed, and he fell at her feet, she lavishing kisses upon him and sobbing, the house rising with one impulse, and white with horror!
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There is the Old North pealing suddenly out!--there the Old South strikes in!--now the peal comes from the church in Brattle Street!--the bells of nine or ten steeples are all flinging their iron voices at once upon the morning breeze!
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All this time the Sonata was pealing through the room.
And still the noble Sonata went pealing through the room: but it was Arthur's masterly touch that roused the echoes, and thrilled my very soul with the tender music of the immortal 'Sonata Pathetique': and it was not till the last note had died away that the tired but happy traveler could bring himself to utter the words "good-night!" and to seek his much-needed pillow.
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The pealing of church bells started last Saturday, July 27 and will be done for two months.
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The bells of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart were pealing on an ordinary weekday night, and those of us who live nearby wondered what it was all about the first time we heard them.
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The company plans to upgrade the continuous wire rod mill as well as to establish a pealing and heat treatment facility, among others.
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