alarum

2 definitions found

alarum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

alarum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alarum
      n 1: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
           [syn: alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum]