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Clangor

Clangor \Clan"gor\ (kl[a^][ng]"g[~e]r), n. [L., fr. clangere. See Clang, v. t.] A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
--Dryden.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clangor

1590s, from Latin clangor "sound of trumpets (Virgil), birds (Ovid), etc.," from clangere "to clang," echoic (compare clang).

Wiktionary
clangor

n. (context US Canadian English) (alternative spelling of clangour English) vb. (context US Canadian English) (alternative spelling of clangour English)

WordNet
clangor

n. a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash]

clangor
  1. v. make a loud resonant noise; "the alarm clangored throughout the building" [syn: clangour]

  2. make a loud noise; "clanging metal" [syn: clang]

Usage examples of "clangor".

The hobbies thundered cityward, their rockers pounding out a ringing clangor as they humped along like a herd of horses galloping wildly before a scudding storm front.

They raise a clangor, deeper than bells, that resonates in his body until he weeps without knowing why.

The clangor of tortured metal and the scream of the tortured knight that quite outsang it, startled the faithful war charger even more than the sudden heavy weight on its back, and it reared-almost spilling Sir Taen from his seat once more-and then galloped wildly down the length of the bedchamber.

Mungo had nearly lost, then regained, his spell over the warriors of the village, breaking their will by the clangor of his ax and kettle, showing them the dragon banner, baring his teeth, and even bellowing a Welsh drinking song, anything to frighten and bewilder them, and finally they had lain their weapons on the ground and stood submissive, as if afraid to provoke any more of his head-hurting noises, those high, ringing thunders he called down by striking two things together.

The day filled with the clash of blades and lances, sabres and shortswords, and the dark knot of Jeranyi appeared ever smaller as the lines of white-clad armsmen swelled, as did the clangor.

Startlingly, shockingly in the slumberous stillness, there had boomed the deep strident clangor of a great gong!

The two factions closedsoldiers with swords and acolytes with occult ringsand once again the forest rang with the clangor of battle.

He threw himself backward and heard her startled curse and the clangor of a dropped sword bouncing on stone.

Her inertial drive was working sweetly, but inevitably noisily, and Grimes wondered what the colonists would be thinking of the irregular beat of his engines, the loud, mechanical clangor driving down from above.

Paks had scarcely fallen asleep after her last alarm when a terrible clangor broke out: Corporal Devlin with the triangle that announced morning call.

For the first time, their two blades met in a ringing clangor as de las Torres beat down the opposing saber.

Its normally decorous sound had been turned up to an earpiercing clangor like that of a warship's tocsin, and that, Arrhae knew, was something H'daen would not normally tolerate.

The clangor of steel rose deafeningly, and sparks flew as Conan's sword crashed on basinet and hauberk.

The clangor of steel rose deafeningly, and sparks flew as Conan’s sword crashed on basinet and hauberk.

Steel belled and clangored again, like harsh, explosive music ugly with hate, and Vaijon's sword flew through the air, spinning end-over-end.