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.
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. 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. "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.
