On Dec 27, 2008, at 5:14 PM, David Rastall wrote: > but doesn't the English word > "tocsin" refer to the pealing of a bell?
Yes, but with the sense of "alarm." You'd sound a tocsin in case of attack or fire, not for celebration. That's in English, of course. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
