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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Reveillé [re-vay’-ya].
 
The beat of drum at daybreak to warn the sentries that they may forbear from challenging, as the troops are awake. (French, réveiller, to awake.)   1
 


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