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Since prehistoric times bells have been used to herald significant events. Bells call the faithful to worship and toll the time. The… Metallic , me·tal·lic / məˈtalik/ • adj. of, relating to, or resembling metal or metals: metallic alloys a curious metallic taste. ∎ (of sound) resembling that… Shadbush , shadbush •bush, Hindu Kush, kurus, mush, push, whoosh, woosh •shadbush • ambush • spicebush •saltbush • kiddush • cush-cush •bell push BELLS , BELLS
A medieval legend held that the bell was "invented" in Nola, in the Campania, Italy, and that St. paulinus of nola was responsible for its adop… Bell (music) , bell, in music, a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow metal vessel, often cup-shaped with an outward-flaring rim, damped at one end and set… Metals , Metals
Metals are rarely encountered in their elemental state in nature. They must first be extracted from the ground as an ore, which is then treate…
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