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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996

peal1 †appeal, summons XIV; ringing of a bell or bells, esp. as a summons; loud volley of sound XVI; set or ring of bells XVIII. ME. pele, aphetic of apele, APPEAL sb.
Hence vb. XVII.

© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996.

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