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Sound of any kind. The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. Bacon.

Loud; clamorous. [Obs.] Dryden.

Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time. So noiseless would I live. Dryden. -- Noise"less*ly, adv. -- Noise"less*ness, n.

A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous grow…

Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.

To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [R.] Fuller.

To overpower by noise.

sed his men to single fight. Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor.

Afraid. [Obs.] Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak.

With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. Isa. lviii. 1.

smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.

ault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. Keble.

To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. In every babbling he finds a friend. Wordsworth.

Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. That babel of strange heathen languages. Hammond. The grinding babel of the street. R. L. Stevenson.

use ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.

To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey. Prior.

To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden.

To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.