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Ringed to Ripple
Ringed
(Ringed) a.
1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. "A ringed wife." Tennyson.
Ringed seal (Zoöl.), a North Pacific seal (Phoca fœtida) having ringlike spots on the body. — Ringed
snake (Zoöl.), a harmless European snake (Tropidonotus natrix) common in England. — Ringed worm
(Zoöl.), an annelid.
Ringent
(Rin"gent) a. [L. ringens, -entis, p. pr. of ringi to open wide the mouth: cf. F. ringent.] (Bot.)
Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.
Ringer
(Ring"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
2. (Mining) A crowbar. Simmonds.
Ringer
(Ring"er) n. (Horse Racing) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently
got into it.
Ringhead
(Ring"head`) n. (Cloth Manuf.) An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
Ringing
(Ring"ing), a & n. from Ring, v.
Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
Ringingly
(Ring"ing*ly), adv. In a ringing manner.
Ringleader
(Ring"lead`er) n.
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader
of a herd of animals.
A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow. 2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as
rioters, mutineers, or the like.
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and imprisoned. Macaulay. Ringlestone
(Rin"gle*stone`) n. (Zoöl.) The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov. Eng.]
Ringlet
(Ring"let) n. [Ring + - let.]
1. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
You demi-puppets, that
By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites. Shak. 2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
[Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved. Milton. Ringman
(Ring"man) n.; pl. Ringmen The ring finger. [Obs.] Ascham
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