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Ring
RING, n.
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. Exo 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, n. [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, v.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, v.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.
ring appears in definitions for these words:
Abdomen Abdominal Agate Alphonsin Anchor Annular Annulary Annulated Annulet Apophthegm Apsis Armillary Astragal Barbate Bayonet Beard Belfry Bell Bell-flower Bell-metal Belt Bend Bezel Bilander Bob Bolt Bor Box Britching Bronchotomy Bubonocele Buckle Bufonite Bulls-eye Button Caracoly Career Casket Cast Cats-eye Chain Change Chime Cincture Circle Circuit Clack Clinch Clink Coat Coil Coiling Collar Collet Concussion Conge Cornice Crape Cringle Crisp Crispy Curb Curfew Curl Curled Curling Cushat Cymbal Dotterel Earring Enchant Encircle Encirclet Encircling Encompass Fairy Ferret Ferrule Galanga Gimbal Glare Gnat Gripe Grommet Gyred Gyromancy Habergeon Handcuff Hank Hay Helmed Herpes Hitch Hogpen Hoop Impetiginous Jingle Key Knoll Link Lock Mail Maki Manil Mark Mazy Muzzle-ring Nectarial Offer Pallmall Paraselene Passing-bell Patten Peal Personate Pigeon Pillar Poesy Posy Queest Ranforce Rank Reeve Ring Ring-bolt Ring-streaked Ringent Ringer Ringing Ringleader Ringlet Rong Roundrobin Rowel Rung Sargus Seal Semi-annular Serpiginous Shank-painter Signal Sphere Stirrup Stock-dove Swivel Talisman Tang Tetter Thiller Thrid Thumping Ting Tocsin Toll Tress Tressed Triboulet Trinket Trochil Trunnion-ring Uncurl Uncurled Uncurling Unring Vari Vaulted Verticil Verticillate Vervels Virtuous Wanton Washer Whirl Wood-pigeon Yoke
Abdomen Abdominal Agate Alphonsin Anchor Annular Annulary Annulated Annulet Apophthegm Apsis Armillary Astragal Barbate Bayonet Beard Belfry Bell Bell-flower Bell-metal Belt Bend Bezel Bilander Bob Bolt Bor Box Britching Bronchotomy Bubonocele Buckle Bufonite Bulls-eye Button Caracoly Career Casket Cast Cats-eye Chain Change Chime Cincture Circle Circuit Clack Clinch Clink Coat Coil Coiling Collar Collet Concussion Conge Cornice Crape Cringle Crisp Crispy Curb Curfew Curl Curled Curling Cushat Cymbal Dotterel Earring Enchant Encircle Encirclet Encircling Encompass Fairy Ferret Ferrule Galanga Gimbal Glare Gnat Gripe Grommet Gyred Gyromancy Habergeon Handcuff Hank Hay Helmed Herpes Hitch Hogpen Hoop Impetiginous Jingle Key Knoll Link Lock Mail Maki Manil Mark Mazy Muzzle-ring Nectarial Offer Pallmall Paraselene Passing-bell Patten Peal Personate Pigeon Pillar Poesy Posy Queest Ranforce Rank Reeve Ring Ring-bolt Ring-streaked Ringent Ringer Ringing Ringleader Ringlet Rong Roundrobin Rowel Rung Sargus Seal Semi-annular Serpiginous Shank-painter Signal Sphere Stirrup Stock-dove Swivel Talisman Tang Tetter Thiller Thrid Thumping Ting Tocsin Toll Tress Tressed Triboulet Trinket Trochil Trunnion-ring Uncurl Uncurled Uncurling Unring Vari Vaulted Verticil Verticillate Vervels Virtuous Wanton Washer Whirl Wood-pigeon Yoke
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