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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
    Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
  2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
    Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
    Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
  3. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
    Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --Macaulay.
  4. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.


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