Alarum

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alarum \A*lar"um\ (?; 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as
     alarm, n.]
     See {Alarm}. [Now Poetic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.)
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alarum
       n : an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
           [syn: {alarm}, {alert}, {warning signal}]