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A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.

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  1. n. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
  2. n. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
  3. v. t. To frighten, as with a lowbell.
  4. 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. To frighten, as with a lowbell.
  5. n. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. n. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. v. t. To frighten, as with a lowbell.