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Webster 1913 Edition


Clarion

Clar′i-on

,
Noun.
[OE.
clarioun
, OF.
clarion
, F.
clairon
, LL.
clario
,
claro
; so called from its clear tone, fr. L.
clarus
clear. See
Clear
.]
A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
He sounds his imperial
clarion
along the whole line of battle.
E. Everett.

Webster 1828 Edition


Clarion

CLARION

,
Noun.
A kind of trumpet, whose tube is narrower and its tone more acute and shrill than that of the common trumpet.