Definition of signal

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Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..

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Signal :: Signal (a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer..
Spook :: Spontoon (n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers..
Hip :: Hip (interj.) Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!.
Flag :: Flag (v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance..
Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc..
Signalize :: Signalize (a.) To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort..
#NAME? :: -men (pl. ) of Signalma.
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..
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..
Chronopher :: Chronopher (n.) An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
Pharology :: Pharology (n.) The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate..
Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning..
Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Concerted :: Concerted (a.) Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals..
Buntine :: Buntine (n.) A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals..
Target :: Target (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal..
Semiologioal :: Semiologioal (a.) Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..
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