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English Dictionary: Ring by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring
n
  1. a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
  2. a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
    Synonym(s): ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring
  3. a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
    Synonym(s): hoop, ring
  4. (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
    Synonym(s): closed chain, ring
    Antonym(s): open chain
  5. an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
    Synonym(s): gang, pack, ring, mob
  6. the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
    Synonym(s): ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
  7. a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
  8. jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
    Synonym(s): ring, band
  9. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
    Synonym(s): band, ring
v
  1. sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring, peal]
  2. ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
    Synonym(s): resound, echo, ring, reverberate
  3. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
    Synonym(s): ring, knell
  4. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
    Synonym(s): call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
  5. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
    Synonym(s): surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
  6. attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
    Synonym(s): ring, band
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung}
      (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.
      hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
      ringhen, ringkelen. [root]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.                  --Shak.
  
      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] {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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n.
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [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. --Shak.
  
      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. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --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} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) 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}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, v. 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?               --Shak.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, v. i. (Falconry)
      To rise in the air spirally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ringed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ringing}.]
      1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
            [bd]Ring these fingers.[b8] --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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]
      (Mach.)
      A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
      adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
      another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
      permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
      as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
      {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]
  
      {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
            to receive the strain of the pawls.
  
      {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
            surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
            pawls to catch in.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ring
      Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and
      also the ears and the nose. Rings were used as a signet (Gen.
      38:18). They were given as a token of investment with authority
      (Gen. 41:42; Esther 3:8-10; 8:2), and of favour and dignity
      (Luke 15:22). They were generally worn by rich men (James 2:2).
      They are mentioned by Isiah (3:21) among the adornments of
      Hebrew women.
     
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