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Siren

noun

A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.

A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive. Synonyms: Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, temptress.

A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound.

An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning.

Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills.

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"Siren" Quotes from Famous Books

... she remembered that Francis' room looked out on a part of the garden and that the drive was not visible from the windows. Therefore, although it was possible that he might have heard the sound of a horn or siren, he would never actually have seen a car. Electric light was installed in his room. She had no idea when this had been done, but he must be ...

— East of the Shadows • Mrs. Hubert Barclay

... some impetuous act of which he would have been ashamed later. He had seemed to hear the voice as Rose slept her last sleep, under her white veil, but later it was silent. It left him to himself, and sometimes he was even persuaded that it joined with the voice of Rose, whispering that siren word, "Reconsider." ...

— A Soldier of the Legion • C. N. Williamson

... agreed Mr. Ross. "We are gradually getting away from the old-fashioned instruments such as violins and flutes. You will notice, Rollo, that in the orchestra are two drums, a pair of cymbals, a siren, and a pistol; also the pianist does not use his ...

— Rollo in Society - A Guide for Youth • George S. Chappell

... are the dark-eyed Queen Titania, the small imperious person who drives in state in 'Strange Adventures of a Phaeton,' and sails with such high courage in 'White Wings,' and the half-sentimental, half-practical, wholly self-seeking siren Bonny Leslie in 'Kilmeny' who develops into something a little more than coquettish in the Kitty ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 • Various

... this is a small world. Brownwell also is a writer from Writersville. You should see the way he paints the lily in the Banner every week. You remember old Cap Lee—J. Lord Lee of the Red Legs—and Lady Lee, as they called her when she was a sagebrush siren with the 'Army of the Border' before the War? Well, read this clipping from the Banner of this week: 'The wealth, beauty, and fashion of Minneola—fairest village of the plain—were agog this week over the birth ...

— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White

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