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   Ring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ringed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.]
   1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle. “Ring these fingers.”  Shak.
   
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   2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, “to ring branches or roots”.
   
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   3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
   
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   Ringed (?), a.
   1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
   
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   2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. “A ringed wife.”  Tennyson.
   
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   Ringed seal (Zool.), a North Pacific seal (Phoca foetida) having ringlike spots on the body. -- Ringed snake (Zool.), a harmless European snake (Tropidonotus natrix) common in England. -- Ringed worm (Zool.), an annelid.
   
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