Peal
Peal (pēl) , noun
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zoology) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Provincial English]
Peal , intransitive verb
To appeal. [Obsolete] — Spencer
Peal , noun
[An abbrev. of French appel a call, appeal, ruffle of a drum, from appeller to call, Latin appellare. See Appeal.]
1.
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
A fair peal of artillery.
Whether those peals of praise be his or no.
And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar.
2.
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
Collocations (1)
To ring a peal , See under Ring.
Peal (pēld) , intransitive verb
1.
To utter or give out loud sounds.
There let the pealing organ blow.
2.
To resound; to echo.
And the whole air pealed
With the cheers of our men.
Peal , transitive verb
1.
To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
The warrior's name,
Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.
2.
To assail with noise or loud sounds.
Nor was his ear less pealed.
3.
To pour out. [Provincial English] — Halliwell