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Tocsin
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a signal of alarm given by the ringing of a bell, hence any warning or danger signal. The earliest form in English is tocksaine, which was borrowed from the O. Fr. toquesin (toquer, to strike, cf. toucher and sin, mod. signe, a signal, Lat. signum). The use of "touch" and its cognate forms with the idea of giving a sound is seen in "tucket," Ital. toccata, which probably originally meant a signal given by tap of drum, but is always applied to a flourish or fanfare on a trumpet.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tocsin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tocsin.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tocsin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tocsin.html. 1910.
