'The ring' definitions:
Definition of 'The ring'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. [1913 Webster]
- Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A circular group of persons. [1913 Webster]
- And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Geom.) (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. (b) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Astron. & Navigation) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium. [1913 Webster]
- 9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A. Freeman. [1913 Webster]
- Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
- Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
- Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
- Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
- Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless.
- Ring fence. See under Fence.
- Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage.
- Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under Benzene.
- Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
- Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under Micrometer.
- Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
- Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
- Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
- Ring plover. (Zool.) (a) The ringed dotterel. (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata).
- Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake (Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red.
- Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
- Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
- The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively.
- The ring. (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. [Eng.] (b) The prize ring. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'The ring'
- Ring,
- Ringed,
- Ringing,
- Ringingly,
- To ring in,
- To ring out,
- ring in,
- ring out,
- ring up,
- rings,
- Base ring,
- Bearing ring,
- Benzene ring,
- Change ringing,
- Cornice ring,
- Cramp ring,
- Eyelet ring,
- Fairy rings,
- Fog ring,
- Gemel ring,
- Gimbal ring,
- Gin ring,
- Heel ring,
- Inguinal ring,
- Junk ring,
- Live ring,
- Nobili's rings,
- Packing ring,
- Pawl ring,
- Piston ring,
- Pixy ring,
- Prize ring,
- Ring armature,
- Ring armor,
- Ring blackbird,
- Ring canal,
- Ring dotterel,
- Ring dropper,
- Ring fence,
- Ring finger,
- Ring formula,
- Ring mail,
- Ring micrometer,
- Ring ousel,
- Ring parrot,
- Ring plover,
- Ring snake,
- Ring spinner,
- Ring stopper,
- Ring thrush,
- Ring winding,
- Ringed dotterel,
- Ringed seal,
- Ringed snake,
- Ringed worm,
- Ringing engine,
- Saturn's rings,
- Seal ring,
- Signet ring,
- Split ring,
- The prize ring,
- Thumb ring,
- To ring a peal,
- To ring the changes on,
- Trunnion ring,
- Vortex ring,
- Whiskey Ring,
- Whisky Ring,
- anchor ring,
- annual ring,
- bell ringing,
- boxing ring,
- brass ring,
- coffee ring,
- curtain ring,
- engagement ring,
- fairy ring,
- gas ring,
- growth ring,
- heterocyclic ring,
- key ring,
- life ring,
- lock ring,
- mourning ring,
- napkin ring,
- nose ring,
- o ring,
- parhelic ring,
- ring armour,
- ring bunting,
- ring containment,
- ring dance,
- ring disease,
- ring girl,
- ring lardner,
- ring of color,
- ring ouzel,
- ring road,
- ring rot,
- ring vaccination,
- ringed plover,
- slinger ring,
- slip ring,
- snap ring,
- storage ring,
- sumo ring,
- teething ring,
- towel ring,
- wedding ring,
- wrestling ring,
- Fairy ring champignon,
- Ring-necked,
- Ring-streaked,
- Ring-tailed,
- To ring the bells backward,
- To ring the changes upon,
- bell-ringing,
- change-ringing,
- closed-ring,
- encircled ringed wreathed,
- pinion and ring gear,
- ring rot bacteria,
- ring rot fungus,
- ring-a-rosy,
- ring-binder,
- ring-neck,
- ring-shaped,
- Ring-necked duck,
- Ring-tailed cat,
- Ring-tailed eagle,
- fairy-ring mushroom,
- kayser-fleischer ring,
- ring-around-a-rosy,
- ring-around-the-rosy,
- ring-billed blackhead,
- ring-necked blackhead,
- ring-necked parakeet,
- ring-necked pheasant,
- ring-necked plover,
- ring-necked snake,
- ring-stalked fungus,
- ring-tailed lemur,
- three-ring circus,
- sweet-potato ring rot