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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alarum \A*lar"um\ (?; 277), noun [OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, noun] See {Alarm}. [Now Poetic]
Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.)
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
alarum
noun: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn: {alarm}, {alert}, {warning signal}]
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