(n.) A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
(n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
(v. i.) To utter or give out loud sounds.
(v. t.) To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
(v. t.) To assail with noise or loud sounds.
(v. t.) To pour out.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the promise of a new set starting at midnight, his third of the night, I arrive around 11pm to hear him still in full flow, vein-popping saxophone pealing out into Mornington Crescent.
(2) Black smoke rising from the chapel's chimney signifies an inconclusive vote (traditionally damp straw was added to make the smoke black but a chemical compound is now used instead); white smoke – and the pealing of the basilica's bell to avoid any confusion about the colour of the smoke – means that a new pope has been elected.
(3) Of a sudden from the belfry in the square there broke out again a wild midnight peal of bells.
(4) Unique aspects of the prehistory and current distribution of the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans Peale) have been applied to the problem of determining the biogeographical origin of its parasites as found on 'exulans only' islands of New Zealand.
(5) The peals of laughter that greeted this piece of deadpannery were perhaps indicative of the committee's eagerness to put its guest at his ease.
(6) In patients with myocardial infarction there was good correlation between the minimum plasma zinc level and the peal value of plasma enzymes, and also with some clinical estimators of prognosis.
(7) Furthermore, both the size and number of cells recovered in fractions 7 to 11 (which include the modal peal volume of unseparated hepatocytes) were increased.
(8) I ask you – would the Germans discriminate against our bicycles, if they thought we would discriminate against their BMWs?” he asked, to peals of laughter.
(9) The clang of an approaching train's warning to pedestrians to get off the open tracks has become part of the city's soundtrack, along with the constant honking of car horns, the five-times-a-day Muslim call to prayer, the occasional peal of church bells and the Friday afternoon siren that marks the start of the Jewish sabbath.
(10) Websites have been constructed; commemorative gold coins and stamps are to be issued; a peal of bells will ring from churches; a series of lectures around the world, starting with one by Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, will emphasise the document’s enduring importance; the British Library will host the largest exhibition in its history; special songs and poems will be performed; Magna Carta will even get its own display at the Notting Hill carnival.
(11) Ectoparasite records are presented for four species of commensal murid rodents (Rattus rattus palelae Miller & Hollister, R. argentiventer (Robinson & Kloss), R. exulans (Peale) and Mus musculus castaneus Waterhouse) in Sulawesi Utara, with particular reference to the potential for these arthropods to bite and transmit pathogens to humans.
(12) 2.57pm BST Bells have started pealing as the planes slowly come to a halt near assembled mourners.
(13) A little light relief amid the gravitas of an occasion which amounted to the most important ruling in the court's 61-year history was offered by a slip of the tongue by Vosskuhle who called the petitions to block the ESM "justified" before changing it to "unjustified" after being corrected by a colleague, as peals of laughter filled the courtroom.
(14) He is more obviously shy than Koenig – they met during a production of Romeo and Juliet at Columbia – but he has a ready grin and emits little peals of laughter at unexpected moments during our conversation.
(15) One man, carrying a large German flag which flaps in the wind, is heard greeting his friends with “Heil Deutschland” to be met by peals of laughter.
(16) Its peal will be answered by the bells of churches all along the river and theirs, in turn, echoed by others up and down the land.
(17) Her laughter is the only kind I've ever heard that actually deserves the word "peals": she reels in her seat with it.
(18) Band-pass was set up between 1 and 125 Hz and latencies and amplitudes were studied for both types of evoked responses, PEATs and PEALs.
(19) Linearity in the intrinsic and radiation sensitized response of the 280 degree C TL peal for both pellet and powder forms has been studied with regard to ultraviolet dosimetry over the range 10(-2) to 5 x 10(4) mJ cm-2.
(20) A little light relief amidst the gravitas of an occasion which amounted to the most important ruling in the court's 61 year history was offered by a slip of the tongue by Vosskuhle who called the petitions to block the ESM “justified” before changing it to “unjustified” after being corrected by a colleague, as peals of laughter filled the courtroom.
Weal
Definition:
(n.) The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
(v. t.) To mark with stripes. See Wale.
(adv.) A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
(adv.) The body politic; the state; common wealth.
(v. t.) To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.
Example Sentences:
(1) A definite dose-response relationship was demonstrated between the weal and flare areas and the three active treatments.
(2) Formation of both weals and flares was significantly inhibited by cetirizine administered by either route; weals were inhibited as early as 20 min after oral intake but not clearly inhibited until 90 min after sublingual intake.
(3) After blockade of the axon reflex with lidocaine the histamine-induced weals turned white at the centre.
(4) For all drugs the maximal weal suppression with the dosage chosen was recorded the day after the last dosage, being 29% (for dexchlorfeniramine), 72% (for cyproheptadine), 50% (for astemizole), 62% (for loratadine), and 56% (for terfenadine) of the baseline value.
(5) After injection of 0.5 microgram terbutaline inhibition of the flare and weal responses was demonstrable throughout the observation period of 90 min.
(6) Although he supported guidance in general, Mr Weale thought that the inflation “knockout” should apply over a shorter time period than the 18-24 months agreed.
(7) Beyond chance agreement (Kappa index) was poor on the assessment of the extension of blue colour (0.33) and prevalence of cherry red spots or red weal marking (0.17) whereas was fair to good (0.40-0.66; P less than 10(-5)) on the following: location, size, lumen occupancy, presence of blue colour, presence and extension of red colour sign, haematocystic spot.
(8) A dose-response relationship was demonstrated between weal erythema and 120 mg or 240 mg and 60 mg of terfenadine (p less than 0.05).
(9) Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty, both external members of the committee, pushed for a hike to 0.75% in response to lower unemployment and a tightening labour market.
(10) This study aimed to quantify the relative reduction in weal and flare area, thickness and erythema at 4, 8, 12 and 24 h following a single but variable oral dose of terfenadine compared with pre-treatment measurements, in order to compare the dose-effect relationship and time course of the different dosages.
(11) So for example, a Common Weal Scotland would place a strong emphasis on issues such as a diverse and high quality media, a strong arts and cultural identity, a transformed approach to education, new attitudes to transport and urban planning, careful management of natural resources and the environment and so on.
(12) Not only my experience of the period of above-target inflation but also more general statistical analysis suggests that apparently independent inflation shocks tend to come like buses, more than one at a time,” Weale said.
(13) Contact with the tentacles of the jellyfish had produced characteristic whiplash-like weals on the skin.
(14) Martin Weale was already a suspect and now Ian McCafferty has 'come out'.
(15) A similar trend was seen in assessment of the severity of weals, while the treatment regimens had no influence on swelling.
(16) The sizes of skin test weal to D. pteronyssinus were related to the levels of specific IgE antibody.
(17) The non-invasive technique of LDF is a useful, objective and sensitive technique of quantifying the skin blood flow changes induced by intradermal bradykinin and provides an alternative method of quantifying skin response to intradermal bradykinin to measurement of flare or weal sizes.
(18) City dealers said it was possible that rates could be lifted from their emergency level of 0.5% by the end of the year, as three years of unanimous 9-0 decisions at Threadneedle Street ended with Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty calling for the cost of borrowing to be raised by 0.25 percentage points.
(19) The reactions to SP were strong, the flare being maximal 3-5 min after injection and the weal after 10-15 min.
(20) An early (weal and flare) response is succeeded, in 60% of subjects, by a late-onset area of erythema at the site of the resolved weal, reminiscent of the dual response to allergen in sensitized individuals.