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Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[a^]ng) or {Rung}
(r[u^]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.
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2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak.
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3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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{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.
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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.
"Ring these fingers." --Shak.
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2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to
girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
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3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a
swine's snout.
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Ringing \Ring"ing\,
a & n. from {Ring}, v.
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{Ringing engine}, a simple form of pile driver in which the
monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
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