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Pealing

Peal \Peal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pealing.]

  1. To utter or give out loud sounds.

    There let the pealing organ blow.
    --Milton.

  2. To resound; to echo.

    And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men.
    --Longfellow.

Wiktionary
pealing

n. The sound made by bells as they peal. vb. (present participle of peal English)

WordNet
pealing

n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, roll, rolling]

Usage examples of "pealing".

She was interrupted by the sound of pealing bells, one that rapidly multiplied.

Still in close-quarter guard, Karsa spun to take the blade with his own, the impact ringing both weapons with a pealing, sonorous sound.

Then when the words were said, and man's form had tried to sanctify that which was already divine, we walked amid the pealings of the "Wedding March" into the vestry, where my dear mother relieved the tension of the situation by signing the register in the wrong place, so that to all appearance it was she who had just married the clergyman.