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Definition of 'rung'

noun

A crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave]

noun

One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn: rundle, spoke, rung]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. [1913 Webster]
The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. [1913 Webster]
The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Rung \Rung\, n. [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. r["o]ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.]
1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship. [1913 Webster]
2. One of the rounds of a ladder. [1913 Webster]
3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff. [1913 Webster]
4. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE