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▪ I. clangor, -our, n.|ˈklæŋgə(r), ˈklæŋə(r)|
[ad. L. clangor sound of a trumpet, of birds, etc., f. clangĕre to clang. Almost uniformly spelt clangor (cf. error, terror, horror) down to end of 18th c.; but Johnson's Dict. has clangour.]
Loud resonant ringing sound, as of a trumpet, a large bell, pieces of metal struck together, etc.; a clang. Sometimes with a and pl.
1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 18 Like to a dismall Clangor heard from farre. 1605Tryall Chev. iii. iii. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 18 Heaven it selfe Shall echo with the clangor. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. IV, cciv, A loud Clangor Startles in Surprise. 1695Blackmore Pr. Arth. x. 683 The loud Trumpet's Clangour. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 99 Martial Clangors call 'em out to fight. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. li. 181 The clangor of arms was re-echoed to the tent of Rustam. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1865) II. vii. ii. 262 From all the surviving steeples of Berlin goes the clangor of alarm. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) II. ix. 93 Not by clangour of arms. 1871B. Taylor Faust iii, A file of cranes..with their hoarse, far-sounding clangor.
▪ II. ˈclangor, -our, v.
[f. prec. n.]
intr. To make a clangor; to clang.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) III. i. iv. 20 At Paris, all steeples are clangouring. 1877H. E. H. King Disciples, Ugo Bassi vii. (ed. 3) 281 The Artillery rolled out..Along the streets heavily clangouring. |