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Belling

noun

A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple. Synonyms: callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree.

Bell

verb

(past & past part. belled; pres. part. belling)

Attach a bell to.

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... for each province. For Leinster, the Archbishop of Dublin, Lords Gormanstown and Mountgarret, Nicholas Plunket, Richard Belling, and James Cusack. For Ulster, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop of Down, Philip O'Reilly, Colonel MacMahon, Heber Magennis, and Turlough O'Neill. For Munster, Viscount Roche, Sir Daniel O'Brien, Edmund FitzMaurice, Dr. Fennell, ...

— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 • Mary Frances Cusack