'To ring out' definitions:
Definition of 'To ring out'
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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. [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]
Words containing 'To ring out'
- Ring,
- Ringed,
- Ringing,
- Ringingly,
- The ring,
- To ring in,
- 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