Usually means: Warning bell signaling danger, alarm.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. tocsin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tocsin: Merriam-Webster
  3. tocsin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tocsin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tocsin: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tocsin: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tocsin, tocsin: Wordnik
  8. tocsin: Wiktionary
  9. tocsin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tocsin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tocsin: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tocsin: Dictionary.com
  13. tocsin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Tocsin (album), Tocsin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Tocsin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. tocsin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. tocsin: Rhymezone
  18. Tocsin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. tocsin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. tocsin: FreeDictionary.org
  21. tocsin: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. tocsin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. tocsin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. tocsin: A Word A Day
  3. tocsin: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.
noun:  A bell used to sound an alarm.

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