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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tocsin /ˈtɒksɪn/

▶noun archaic an alarm bell or signal.

– origin C16: from OFr. toquassen, from Provençal tocasenh, from tocar ‘to touch’ + senh ‘signal bell’.

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