Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear.
An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1).
A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.
A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.
The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.
To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1).
Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion.
To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion.
To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people.
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.