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one bell can ring, but it takes many to truly make noise.
means A loud, prolonged sound — especially the ringing of bells, but also a burst of thunder or a roll of laughter.
from A shortened form of 'appeal' — yes, the same word you'd use for begging or pleading. In Middle English, an 'appeal' could mean a summons or call, and church bells were quite literally a call to worship. Drop the unstressed first syllable, as English loves to do, and 'appeal' becomes 'peal' — the sound that calls you in. From the urgent toll of bells, it spread to any swelling roar: thunder pealing, laughter pealing across a room.
- change ringing
- a full peal means over 5,000 rung sequences
- time cost
- a true peal takes roughly three hours nonstop
- no music
- ringers follow math patterns, not melodies
- thunder too
- a peal also names a long rolling thunderclap
- word root
- shortened from medieval 'appeal,' a summons to prayer