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Bellringing Vocabulary (Easy)

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  1. hold up
    wait / ring more slowly
  2. hold off
    keep away from the bell in front of you
  3. cut in
    ring quicker by catching the sally higher and taking up the end rope
  4. closer
    ring nearer to the bell in front of you
  5. plain course
    a piece of method ringing with no calls
  6. odd struck
    the bell doesn't sound at the correct time
  7. quick at hand
    the bell sounds too early at handstroke and you have to compensate
  8. quick at back
    the bell sounds too early at backstroke and you have to compensate
  9. slow at hand
    the bell sounds too late at handstroke and you have to compensate
  10. slow at back
    the bell sounds too late at backstroke and you have to compensate
  11. plain hunt
    The simplest piece of change ringing on which all other plain methods are based.
  12. place
    the position you are in during the change
  13. change
    the act of swapping positions with another bell
  14. row
    all bells ringing sound just once during this
  15. make a place
    ring in the same position in two consecutive rows e.g. seconds
  16. front
    start of a row
  17. back
    last in the row
  18. hunt up
    move one place higher each time
  19. hunt down
    move one place lower each time
  20. raise
    pull the bell in larger and larger circles until it can be stood mouth up
  21. lower
    let the bell swing in smaller and smaller circles until it is mouth down
  22. cover
    ring last
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Bellringing Vocabulary (Easy)
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Bellringing vocabulary (easy)
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