Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clarion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clarion \Clar"i*on\, n. [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon,
LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L.
clarus clear. See {Clear}.]
A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of
battle. --E. Everett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clarion
adj : loud and clear; "a clarion call"
n : a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
v 1: blow the clarion
2: proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
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