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   Ring (rĭng), v. t. [imp. Rang (răng) or Rung (rŭng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. √19.]
   1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, “to ring a bell”.
   
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   2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
   
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   The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
   
   Hath rung night's yawning peal. Shak.
   
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   3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
   
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   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.
   
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   Rung (?), imp. & p. p. of Ring.
   
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   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. röng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.]
   1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.
   
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   2. One of the rounds of a ladder.
   
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   3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
   
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   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.
   
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