Definition of signal

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Signal (n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action..

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Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..
Nod :: Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command..
Signal :: Signal (a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer..
Sign :: Sign (v. i.) To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal..
Knell :: Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything..
Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master..
Telegraph :: Telegraph (n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..
Freemasonic :: Freemasonic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal..
Signalman :: Signalman (n.) A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given..
Crantara :: Crantara (n.) The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror..
Sematrope :: Sematrope (n.) An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.
Signal :: Signal (a.) Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence..
Signify :: Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present..
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery..
Sennet :: Sennet (n.) A signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage.
Headshake :: Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial..
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