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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1886
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BELL, v.3 tr. To go through (a town) ringing a bell and making a public announcement, as a crier does. Cf. Bell, n.4Ayr. 1886 J. Meikle Lintie 58:
I intended gaun to Will Marshall to tell him to bell the toun aboot it afore I cam' here.
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