a hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.-a hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.-anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.-that part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.-the strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.-to put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.-to make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.-to develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.-to utter by bellowing.-to call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.