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make the welkin ring

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To make a loud noise.
  2. To celebrate or revel.

Examples

The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers.”
There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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