Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alarum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alarum \A*lar"um\ (?; 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as
alarm, n.]
See {Alarm}. [Now Poetic]
Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to
an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as
in an alarm clock.)
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alarum
n : an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
[syn: {alarm}, {alert}, {warning signal}]
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