n. 响亮持久的声音, 钟声

vt. 使鸣响, 大声发出

vi. 大声鸣响, 震响

Peal \Peal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pealed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pealing}.]
1. To utter or give out loud sounds.

There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton.

2. To resound; to echo.

And the whole air pealed
With the cheers of our men. --Longfellow.


Peal \Peal\, v. t.
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.
--J. Barlow.

2. To assail with noise or loud sounds.

Nor was his ear less pealed. --Milton.

3. To pour out. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.


Peal \Peal\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Prov. Eng.]


Peal \Peal\, v. i.
To appeal. [Obs.] --Spencer.


Peal \Peal\, n. [An abbrev. of F. appel a call, appeal, ruffle
of a drum, fr. appeller to call, L. 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.'' --Hayward.

Whether those peals of praise be his or no. --Shak.

And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. --Byron.

2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the
diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.

{To ring a peal}. See under {Ring}.