A hollow body of cast metal, formed to ring, or emit a clear musical sound, by the sonorous vibration of… Small bells are frequently used for…

A small bell. Obsolete.

A kind of small bell. Obsolete. rare.

(more fully tantony bell) a hand-bell; a small church bell: see quots.

Something that jingles; a jingling bell; anything adapted to produce a jingling sound.

A small bell.

(A name for) a small bell, esp. the sanctus bell. Later also: a succession of two ringing sounds differing in tone or force, such as that made by…

Something which makes a tinkling sound, esp. a small bell (sometimes as an affectionate or colloquial name), or an ornament (often one of a number…

Irish History. Applied to a small globular or pear-shaped bell or rattle, the nature and use of which are obscure: see quots. Also attributive.

A small globular metal bell, worn on harness, etc.

A small spherical bell sounded by one or more pellets inside its cavity, and usually attached either to a dancer's clothes or to a musical instrument.