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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1043 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOCSIN , a See also:

signal of alarm given by the ringing of a See also:bell, hence any warning or danger signal. The earliest See also:form in See also:English is tocksaine, which was borrowed from the O. Fr. toquesin (toquer, to strike, cf. toucher and See also:sin, mod. signe, a signal, See also:Lat. signum). The use of " See also:touch " and its cognate forms with the See also:idea of giving a See also:sound is seen in " tucket," Ital. toccata, which probably originally meant a signal given by tap of See also:drum, but is always applied to a flourish or fanfare on a See also:trumpet.

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