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bell·ing

(bĕl′ĭng)

n. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, & Michigan

[From bell.]

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belling - a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple

charivari, chivaree, shivaree, callathump, callithump

serenade - a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman

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Note that Hegler's patented inline belling process is the only one that vacuum forms a double-thick bell from both inner and outer parisons.

Hegler's vacuum die allows in-line belling of triple walled pipe, merging all three walls into the solid bell.