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TOCSIN

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 1043 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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