Undern-bell

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bell rung to mark the undern-song. dated, historical, obsolete

    "At Stamford the signal for the commencement of the corn market was, in the reign of Edward IV, the ringing of the Undernone or Undern bell."

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"At Stamford the signal for the commencement of the corn market was, in the reign of Edward IV, the ringing of the Undernone or Undern bell."

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