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Webster 1913 Edition

Ring

Ring

(rĭng)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Rang
(răng)
or
Rung
(rŭng)
;
p. p.
Rung
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ringing
.]
[AS.
hringan
; akin to Icel.
hringja
, Sw.
ringa
, Dan.
ringe
, OD.
ringhen
,
ringkelen
. √19.]
1.
To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body;
as, to
ring
a bell
.
2.
To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
Hath
rung
night’s yawning peal.
Shakespeare
3.
To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
To ring a peal
,
to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells.
–
To ring the changes upon
.
See under
Change
.
–
To ring in
or
To ring out
,
to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells;
as,
to ring out
the old year and
ring in
the new
.
Tennyson
. –
To ring the bells backward
,
to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; – formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger.
Sir W. Scott.

Ring

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
Now
ringen
trompes loud and clarion.
Chaucer.
Why
ring
not out the bells?
Shakespeare
2.
To practice making music with bells.
Holder.
3.
To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
With sweeter notes each rising temple
rung
.
Pope.
The hall with harp and carol
rang
.
Tennyson.
My ears still
ring
with noise.
Dryden.
4.
To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
The assertion is still
ringing
in our ears.
Burke.
5.
To be filled with report or talk;
as, the whole town
rings
with his fame
.

Ring

,
Noun.
1.
A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals;
as, the
ring
of a bell
.
2.
Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
The
ring
of acclamations fresh in his ears.
Bacon
3.
A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
As great and tunable a
ring
of bells as any in the world.
Fuller.

Ring

,
Noun.
[AS.
hring
,
hrinc
; akin to Fries.
hring
, D. & G.
ring
, OHG.
ring
,
hring
, Icel.
hringr
, DAn. & SW.
ring
; cf. Russ.
krug'
. Cf.
Harangue
,
Rank
a row,
Rink
.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.
2.
Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person;
as, a wedding
ring
.
Upon his thumb he had of gold a
ring
.
Chaucer.
The dearest
ring
in Venice will I give you.
Shakespeare
3.
A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
Place me, O, place me in the dusty
ring
,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.
E. Smith.
4.
An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
“The road was an institution, the ring was an institution.”
Thackeray.
5.
A circular group of persons.
And hears the Muses in a
ring

Aye round about Jove's alter sing.
Milton.
6.
(Geom.)
(a)
The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
(b)
The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure.
7.
(Astron. & Navigation)
An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
8.
(Bot.)
An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of
Sporangium
.
9.
A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
The ruling
ring
at Constantinople.
E. A. Freeman.
Ring armor
,
armor composed of rings of metal. See
Ring mail
, below, and
Chain mail
, under
Chain
.
–
Ring blackbird
(Zool.)
,
the ring ousel.
–
Ring canal
(Zool.)
,
the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
–
Ring dotterel
, or
Ringed dotterel
.
(Zool.)
See
Dotterel
, and Illust. of
Pressiroster
.
–
Ring dropper
,
a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless.
–
Ring fence
.
See under
Fence
.
–
Ring finger
,
the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage.
–
Ring formula
(Chem.)
,
a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under
Benzene
.
–
Ring mail
,
a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
–
Ring micrometer
.
(Astron.)
See
Circular micrometer
, under
Micrometer
.
–
Saturn's rings
.
See
Saturn
.
–
Ring ousel
.
(Zool.)
See
Ousel
.
–
Ring parrot
(Zool.)
,
any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially
Palaeornis torquatus
, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri
of
Java
.
–
Ring plover
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The ringed dotterel
.
(b)
Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover (
Aegialitis semipalmata
).
–
Ring snake
(Zool.)
,
a small harmless American snake (
Diadophis punctatus
) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red.
–
Ring stopper
.
(Naut.)
See under
Stopper
.
–
Ring thrush
(Zool.)
,
the ring ousel.
–
The prize ring
,
the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively.
–
The ring
.
(a)
The body of sporting men who bet on horse races
.
[Eng.]
(b)
The prize ring.

Ring

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ringed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ringing
.]
1.
To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
“Ring these fingers.”
Shak.
2.
(Hort.)
To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle;
as, to
ring
branches or roots
.
3.
To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.

Ring

,
Verb.
I.
(Falconry)
To rise in the air spirally.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ring

RING

,
Noun.
1.
A circle, or a circular line, or any thing in the form of a circular line or hoop. Thus we say of men, they formed themselves into a ring, to see a wrestling match. Rings of gold were made for the ark. Ex. 25. Rings of gold or other material are worn on the fingers and sometimes in the ears, as ornaments.
2.
A circular course.
Place me, O place me in the dusty ring, where youthful charioteers contend for glory.

RING

,
Noun.
[from the verb.]
1.
A sound; particularly, the sound of metals; as the ring of a bell.
2.
Any loud sound, or the sounds of numerous voices; or sound continued, repeated or reverberated; as the ring of acclamations.
3.
A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

RING

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. rung.
To cause to sound, particularly by striking a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. This word expresses appropriately the sounding of metals.

RING

,
Verb.
T.
[from the noun.
1.
To encircle.
2.
To fit with rings, as the fingers, or as a swine's snout. Farmers ring swine to prevent their rooting.
And ring these fingers with thy household worms.

RING

, v.i.
1.
To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
2.
To practice the art of making music with bells.
3.
To sound; to resound.
With sweeter notes each rising temple rung.
4.
To utter, as a bell; to sound.
The shardborn beetle with his drowsy hums, hath rung night's yawning peal.
5.
To tinkle; to have the sensation of sound continued.
My ears still ring with noise.
6.
To be filled with report or talk. The whole town rings with his fame.

Definition 2024

riñg

riñg

See also: ring and Ring

Crimean Tatar

Noun

riñg

  1. ring (A place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring).

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Etymology

English ring.

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