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Merry bells   /mˈɛri bɛlz/   Listen
Merry bells

noun
1.
Any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers.  Synonyms: bellwort, wild oats.






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"Merry bells" Quotes from Famous Books



... rival town of Zwolle, enjoyed pre-eminence among the schools of the Netherlands at that date. It was connected with the principal church of the town, St. Lebuin's; and doubtless among those aisles and chapels, listening perhaps to the merry bells, whose chimes still proclaim the quarters far and wide, he caught the first breath of that new hope to which he was to devote his whole life. The school was controlled by the canons of St. Lebuin, who appointed the head master; but, as at Zwolle, some ...
— The Age of Erasmus - Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London • P. S. Allen

... to me a new world — All is gayety, good-humour, and diversion. The eye is continually entertained with the splendour of dress and equipage; and the ear with the sound of coaches, chairs, and other carriages. The merry bells ring round, from morn till night. Then we are welcomed by the city-waits in our own lodgings; we have music in the Pump-room every morning, cotillons every forenoon in the rooms, balls twice a week, ...
— The Expedition of Humphry Clinker • Tobias Smollett



Words linked to "Merry bells" :   strawflower, genus Uvularia, Uvularia, Uvularia grandiflora, flower, cornflower



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