Category:Tocsin

Toc"sin, n. Etym: [f., fr. Of. toquier to touch, f. toquer (originally, a dialectic form of f. toucher) + seint (for sein) a Bell, ll. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See touch, and sign.]

Defn: an alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of Alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. Campbell.