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Ring
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
(2):
(n.) A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
(3):
(v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
(4):
(n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
(5):
(v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
(6):
(v. i.) To rise in the air spirally.
(7):
(v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
(8):
(v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
(9):
(n.) A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
(10):
(n.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
(11):
(n.) 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.
(12):
(n.) 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.
(13):
(n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
(14):
(n.) A circular group of persons.
(15):
(v. t.) To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
(16):
(v. i.) To practice making music with bells.
(17):
(n.) 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.
(18):
(n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.
(19):
(n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
(20):
(n.) Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
(21):
(n.) A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
(22):
(v. i.) To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
(23):
(v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
(24):
(v. i.) To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
(25):
(v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ring'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ring.html. 1828.
