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Date "DEATH-BELL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Death-bell A tinkling in the ears, supposed by the Scotch peasantry to announce the death of a friend. "O lady, `tis dark, an' I heard the death-bell, An' I darena gae yonder for gowd nor fee." James Hogg: Mountain Bard. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DEATH-BELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | похоронный звон (death bell, knell, passing bell, passing-bell). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chuông báo tử. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-h-l-l-t" | |
-2 letters: belated, bleated, labeled. | |
-3 letters: balled, ballet, bathed, beadle, bedell, behead, beheld, belled, belted, bethel, daleth, debate, delate, elated, halted, healed, heated, helled, lathed, lethal, tabled. | |
-4 letters: abele, allee, baled, bated, bathe, bedel, belle, betel, blade, blate, bleat, bleed, dealt, death, delta, elate, haled, hated, label, ladle, lated, lathe, lethe, table, telae, thebe. | |
-5 letters: abed. | |
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