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Webster 1913 Edition
Lowbell
Low′bellˊ
,Noun.
[
Low
a flame + bell
.] 1.
A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
The fowler’s
lowbell
robs the lark of sleep. King.
2.
A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
A
lowbell
hung about a sheep's . . . neck. Howell.
Low′bellˊ
,Verb.
T.
To frighten, as with a lowbell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lowbell
LOWBELL
, n.A kind of fowling in the night, in which the birds are wakened by a bell, and blinded by light, so as to be easily taken.
LOWBELL
,Verb.
T.