Lowbell

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

  Lowbell \Low"bell`\, n. [Low a flame + bell.]
     1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and,
        with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
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              The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. --King.


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     2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
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              A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. --Howell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lowbell \Low"bell`\, v. t.
     To frighten, as with a lowbell.
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