The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1350
Ri*mose" (?) , a. [L. rimosus , fr. rima a chink: cf. F. rimeux .] 1. Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees.
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Ri*mose"ly , adv. In a rimose manner.
Rimosity <Xpage=1243>
Ri*mos"i*ty (?) , n. State of being rimose.
Rimous <Xpage=1243>
Rim"ous (?) , a. Rimose.
Rimple <Xpage=1243>
Rim"ple (?) , n. [AS. hrimpele , or rimpel . See Rumple.] A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple .
Rimple <Xpage=1243>
Rim"ple , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Rimpled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rimpling (?) .] To rumple; to wrinkle.
Rimy <Xpage=1243>
Rim"y (?) , a. Abounding with rime; frosty.
Rind <Xpage=1243>
Rind (?) , n. [AS. rind bark, crust of bread; akin <?/<?/ OHG. rinta , G. rinde , and probably to E. rand , rim ; cf. Skr. ram to end, rest.] The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms, although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.
Sweetest nu<?/ hath sourest rind . Shak.
Rind <Xpage=1243>
Rind , v. t. To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]
Rinderpest <Xpage=1243>
Rin"der*pest (?) , n. [G., fr. rind , pl. rinder , cattle + pest pest, plague.] A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague , Russian cattle plague , and steppe murrain .
Rindle <Xpage=1243>
Rin"dle (?) , n. [AS. rynele . &root;11. See Run .] A small water course or gutter.
Ash.
Rindless <Xpage=1243>
Rind"less (?) , a. Destitute of a rind.
Rindy <Xpage=1243>
Rind"y (?) , a. Having a rind or skin.
Ash.
Rine <Xpage=1243>
Rine (?) , n. See Rind . [Obs.]
Spenser.
Rined <Xpage=1243>
Rined (?) , a. Having a rind [Obs.]
Milton.
Rinforzando <Xpage=1243>
Rin`for*zan"do (?) , a. [It., fr. rinfor<?/ale to re\'89nforce, strengthen.] (Mus.) Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf ., rfz .) Cf. Forzando , and Sforzando .
Ring <Xpage=1243>
Ring (?) , v. t. [ imp. Rang (?) or Rung (<?/) ; 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 .
2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. Shak.
3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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 ∨ 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.
Ring <Xpage=1243>
Ring , v. i. 1. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
Now ringen trompes loud and clarion. Chaucer.
Why ring not out the bells? Shak.
2. To practice making music with bells.
Holder.
3. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a <?/<?/inging or reverberating sound.
With sweeter notes each rising temple rung . Pope.
The hall with harp and carol rang . Tennyson.
My ears still ring with noise. Dryden.
4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
The assertion is still ringing in our ears. Burke.
5. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame .
Ring <Xpage=1243>
Ring , n. 1. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell .
2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. Bacon
3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world. Fuller.
Ring <Xpage=1243>
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.
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 .
Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring . Chaucer.
The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. Shak.
3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
Place me. O, place me in the dusty ring , Where youthful charioteers contened for glory. E. Smith.
4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an institution, the ring was an institution."
Thackeray.
5. A circular group of persons.
And hears the Muses in a <?/<?/<?/ Aye round about Jove's alter sing. Milton.
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.
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.
8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust . of Sporangium .
9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
The ruling ring at Constantinople. E. A. Freeman.
Ring armor , armor composed of rings of metal. See Ring mail , below, and Chain mail , under Chain . -- Ring blackbird (Zo\'94l.) , the ring ousel. -- Ring canal (Zo\'94l.) , the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. -- Ring dotterel , ∨ Ringed dotterel . (Zo\'94l.) 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 . (Zo\'94l.) See Ousel . -- Ring parrot (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially Pal\'91ornis torquatus , common in India, and P. Alexandri of Java . -- Ring plover . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The ringed dotterel . (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover ( \'92gialitis semipalmata ). -- Ring snake (Zo\'94l.) , 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 (Zo\'94l.) , 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.
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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.
2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots .
3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
Ring <Xpage=1243>
Ring , v. i. (Falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
Ringbill <Xpage=1243>
Ring"bill` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead . See Scaup .
Ringbird <Xpage=1243>
Ring"bird` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting .
Ringbolt <Xpage=1243>
Ring"bolt` (?) , n. An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.
Ringbone <Xpage=1243>
Ring"bone` (?) , n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.
J. H. Walsh.
Ringdove <Xpage=1243>
Ring"dove` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A European wild pigeon ( Columba palumbus ) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon , and cushat .
Ringed <Xpage=1243>
Ringed (?) , a. 1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. "A ringed wife."
Tennyson.
Ringed seal (Zo\'94l.) , a North Pacific seal ( Phoca f\'d2tida ) having ringlike spots on the body. -- Ringed snake (Zo\'94l.) , a harmless European snake ( Tropidonotus natrix ) common in England. -- Ringed worm (Zo\'94l.) , an annelid.
Ringent <Xpage=1243>
Rin"gent (?) , a. [L. ringens , -entis , p. pr. of ringi to open wide the mouth: cf. F. ringent .] (Bot.) Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla .
Ringer <Xpage=1243>
Ring"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
2. (Mining) A crowbar.
Simmonds.
Ringer <Xpage=1243>
Ring"er (?) , n. (Horse Racing) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Ringhead <Xpage=1243>
Ring"head` (?) , n. (Cloth Manuf.) An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
Ringing <Xpage=1243>
Ring"ing , a & n. from Ring , v.
Ringing engine , a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
Ringingly <Xpage=1243>
Ring"ing*ly , adv. In a ringing manner.
Ringleader <Xpage=1243>
Ring"lead`er (?) , n. 1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and imprisoned. Macaulay.
Ringglestone <Xpage=1243>
Ring"gle*stone` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov.Eng.]
Ringlet <Xpage=1243>
Ring"let (?) , n. [ Ring + -let .] 1. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
You demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites. Shak.
2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
[Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved. Milton.
Ringman <Xpage=1243>
Ring"man (?) , n. ; pl. Ringmen (<?/) . The ring finger. [Obs.]
Ascham
Ringmaster <Xpage=1243>
Ring"mas`ter (?) , n. One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.
Ringneck <Xpage=1243>
Ring"neck` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus \'92gialitis , having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover ( \'92. semipalmata ) and the piping plover ( \'92. meloda ) are common North American species. Called also ring plover , and ring-necked plover .
2. (Zo\'94l.) The ring-necked duck.
Ring-necked <Xpage=1243>
Ring"-necked` (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
Ring-necked duck (Zool.) , an American scaup duck ( Aythya collaris ). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also ring-neck , ring-necked blackhead , ringbill , tufted duck , and black jack .
Ringsail <Xpage=1243>
Ring"sail` (?) , n. (Naut.) See Ringtail , 2 .
Ringstraked <Xpage=1243>
Ring"straked` (?) , a. Ring-streaked.
Cattle ringstraked , speckled, and spotted. Gen. xxx. 39.
Ring-streaked <Xpage=1243>
Ring"-streaked` (?) , a. Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats .
Ringtail <Xpage=1243>
Ring"tail` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail .
Ringtail boom (Naut.) , a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.
Ring-tailed <Xpage=1243>
Ring"-tailed` (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
Ring-tailed cat (Zo\'94l.) , the cacomixle. -- Ring-tailed eagle (Zo\'94l.) , a young golden eagle.
Ringtoss <Xpage=1243>
Ring"toss` (?) , n. A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
Ringworm <Xpage=1243>
Ring"worm" (?) , n. (Med.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata , Tinea tonsurans , etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton ). <-- a fungal infection -->
Rink <Xpage=1243>
Rink (?) , n. [Scot. renk , rink , rynk , a course, a race; probably fr. AS. hring a ring. See Ring .] 1. The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.
2. An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor.
Rinker <Xpage=1243>
Rink"er , n. One who skates at a rink. [Colloq.]
Rinking <Xpage=1243>
Rink"ing , n. Skating in a rink. [Colloq.]
Rinse <Xpage=1243>
Rinse (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rinsed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rinsing .] [OE., fr. OF. rincer , rimser , reinser , ra\'8bncier , F. rincer ; of uncertain origin.] 1. To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
2. To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle . "Like a glass did break i' the rinsing ."
Shak.
Rinse <Xpage=1243>
Rinse , n. The act of rinsing.
Rinser <Xpage=1243>
Rins"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, rinses.
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Riot <Xpage=1244>
Ri"ot (?) , n. [OF. riote , of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot , ravot .] 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
His headstrong riot hath no curb. Shak.
2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Venus loveth riot and dispense. Chaucer.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.
3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
To run riot , to act wantonly or without restraint.
Riot <Xpage=1244>
Ri"ot (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rioted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rioting .] [OF. rioter ; cf. OD. ravotten .] 1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. Daniel.
No pulse that riots , and no blood that glows. Pope.
2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot , n. , 3.
Johnson.
Riot <Xpage=1244>
Ri"ot , v. t. To spend or pass in riot.
[He] had rioted his life out. Tennyson.
Rioter <Xpage=1244>
Ri"ot*er (?) , n. 1. One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.
Chaucer.
2. (Law) One who engages in a riot. See Riot , n. , 3.
Riotise <Xpage=1244>