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Bellow sb. World English Historical Dictionary

Bellow sb. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Bellow sb. [f. prec. vb.]

1   1.  The roar of a bull, or similar cry of other animals.

2 1779.  Hunter, in Phil. Trans., LXIX. 286. The bellow of the free martin is similar to that of an ox.

3 1870.  Lubbock, Orig. Civiliz., ix. (1875), 408.

4   2.  transf. of human beings: A loud deep cry or roar.

5 a. 1835.  Hogg, Tales (1837), III. 37. As loud as he could roar … never letting one bellow abide another.

6 1859.  G. Meredith, R. Feverel, xxi. (1885), 151. He heard a bellow for help.

7   3.  The loud deep roar of cannon, thunder, a storm, and other inanimate agents.

8 1826.  Disraeli, Viv. Grey, VII. viii. 430. The bellow of the martial drum.

9 1856.  Froude, Hist. Eng. (1858), II. VII. 229. Mere idle sounds, like the bellow of unshotted cannon.

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