Ring (r&ibreve_;ng), 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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Ring, n. 1. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
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2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
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The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. Bacon
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3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
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As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world. Fuller.
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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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