ringed-arm 
ringed-arm (ringd'iirm), n. One of the Colo- 
bnich in . 
ringed-carpet (ringd'kar'pet), n. A British 
geometric! moth, Bwirmia cinctiirin. 
ringent (rin'jent), (i. [= V. riiigi'iit, < L. rin- 
g< : n(t-)s, ppr. of ringi, gape open-mouthed. Cf. 
rictus, riniti. ri'iiic 1 .]' 1". In hot., gaping: noting 
a bilabiate, corolla with the lips widely spread 
and the throat open, as in the dead-nettle, 
LtnniitiH. 2. In zool., gaping irregularly, as 
parts of some zoophytes and the valves of some 
shells. 
ringer 1 (ring'er), n. [< ring 1 + -cr 1 .] In quoits, 
a throw by which the quoit is cast so as to en- 
circle the pin. 
Each player attempts to make his quoit pitch on the 
hob or pin so that the head of the latter passes through 
the circular opening in the center of the missile. Such a 
success is termed a ringer, and two is scored. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 189. 
ringer 2 (ring'er), tt. [< ring* + -er 1 ."] 1. One 
who rings; specifically, a bell-ringer. 
The ringers rang with a will, and he gave the ringers a 
crown. Tennyson, The Grandmother. 
2. Any apparatus for ringing chimes, or a bell 
of any kind. 
A novel feature of this bell is that the ringer and gongs 
are inside of the case. Elect. Rev. (Amer.), XV. xvi. 3. 
3. In mining, a crowbar. 
ring-fallert (ring'fa"ler), n. Same as ring- 
dropper. Nares. 
ring-fence (riug'fens), n. A fence continuous- 
ly encircling an estate or some considerable ex- 
tent of ground ; hence, any bounding or inclos- 
ing line ; a limit or pale. 
In that Augustan era we descry a clear belt of cultiva- 
tion, . . . running in a ring-fence about the Mediterra- 
nean. De Quincey, Roman Meals. (Daffies.) 
The union of the two estates, Tipton and Freshitt, lying 
charmingly within a ring-fence, was a prospect that flat- 
tered him for his son and heir. 
George Eliot, Hiddlemarch, Ixxxiv. 
ring-finger (ring'fing"ger), n. [< AS. hring- 
finger = D. ring-ringer = G. Dan. Sw. ring-fin- 
ger ; as ring 1 + finger.] The third finger of the 
left hand, on which the marriage-ring is placed ; 
in anat., the third finger of either hand, tech- 
nically called the annularis. 
ring-fish (ring'fish), n. A kind of cobia, Ela- 
cate nigra, probably not different from E. cana- 
da. See cut under cobia. [New South Wales.] 
ring-footed (ring'fufed), a. Having ringed 
or annulated f eet : as, the ring-footed gnat, C- 
lex annulatus, of Europe. 
ring-formed (ring'formd), a. [= Dan. ring- 
formet; as ring 1 + form + -ed 2 .] Shaped like 
a ring; annular; circular. 
ring-fowl (ring'foul), n. Same as ring-bunting. 
ring-frame (ring'fram), n. Any one of a class 
of spinning-machines with vertical spindles, 
now extensively used, in which the winding of 
each thread is governed by passing through the 
eye of a small steel loop called a traveler, one 
of which revolves around each spindle in an 
annular way called the ring. These rings are sup- 
ported by a horizontal bar, which moves up and down in 
such manner as to give a shape to the cap on the spindle 
that adapts it for use in a shuttle. Also called ring-throstle, 
ring-throstle frame, ring-and-traveler spinner, and ring- 
spinner. 
ring-gage (riug'gaj), . 1. A measure, con- 
sisting of a ring of fixed size, used for measur- 
ing spherical objects, and also for the separat- 
ing or classifying of objects of irregular form. 
Thus, oysters have been sorted by two or three rings of 
different sizes through which they are allowed to drop. 
2. A piece of wood, ivory, or the like, general- 
ly conical in form, but usually having minute 
steps or offsets : it is used for measuring finger- 
rings, a number being affixed to every offset. 
ring-handle (ring'han'dl), . A handle, as of 
a jar or other vessel, formed by a ring, espe- 
cially a free ring hanging loose in a socket or 
eyelet attached to the body of the vessel. 
ring-head (ring'hed), . An instrument used 
for stretching woolen cloth. 
ring-hedge (ring'hej), n. Same as ring-fpnce. 
Lo, how Apollo's Pegasses prepare 
To rend the ring-hedge of our Horizon. 
Davies, Summa Totalis, p. 11. (Davies.) 
Ringicula (rin-jik'u-la), n. [NL., irreg., with 
dim. suffix, < L. ringi, gape: see ringent."] A 
genus of tectibranehiatcs with a narrow ringent 
mouth, typical 'of the family Rini/ii'ii/itl;r. 
Ringiculidae (rln-ji-ku'li-de), n.' pi. [NL., < 
Jliiii/ifiilii + -t&S.] A family of tectibranchi- 
ato gastropods, typified by the Reims Hiiitjiciilti. 
The animal has a reflected cephalic disk di-veloprd hack- 
ward in a siphon-like manner, and teeth in few series. The 
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shell is ventrieose with a narrow ringent aperture. The 
species live in warm seas. 
ringing 1 (ring'ing), n. [Verbal n. of riing\ r.] 
1. Decoration by means of rings or circlets; 
rings collectively. 
The ringing on the arms, which the natives call brace- 
lets. //. 0. Forbes, Eastern Archipelago, p. 203. 
2. In Itort., the operation of cutting out a circle 
of bark. See ring 1 , r. t., 6. 
ringing 2 (ring'ing), n. [< ME. ringinge; verbal 
n. of ring'*, v.~\ 1. The act of sounding or of 
causing to sound, as sonorous metallic bodies; 
the art or act of making music with bells. 
The Talipois euery Monday arise early, and by the ring- 
ing of a Bason call together the people to their Sermons. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 470. 
2. A ringing sound; the hearing of a sound 
as of ringing Ringing in (or of) the ears, ringing 
sounds not caused by external vibrations ; tinnitus aurium. 
Thou shalt hear the "Never, never," whisper'd by the 
phantom years. 
And a song from out the distance in the ringing of thine 
ears. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 
ringing 2 (ring'ing), p. a. Having or giving the 
sound of a bell or other resonant metallic body ; 
resounding: as, a ringing voice ; ringing cheers. 
Aungelles with instrumentes of organes & pypes, 
& rial ryngande rotes [lyres] & the reken fythel, . . . 
Aboutte my lady watg lent. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1082. 
ringing-engine (ring'ing-en"jin), n. A simple 
form of pile-driver in which the weight is raised 
between timber guides by a rope manned by a 
gang of men. E. H. Knight. 
ringingly (ring'ing-li), adv. With a ringing 
sound; resonantly, like the sound of a bell. 
ringing-out (ring'ing-ouf), n. In the language 
of produce-exchanges, the settlement of a num- 
ber of contracts which call for the delivery of 
the same quantity of a commodity, the buyer 
in one being the seller in another, and the op- 
eration consisting in bringing the seller in the 
first contract and the buyer in the last toge- 
ther and dropping the intennediate parties. 
T. H. Dewey. Contracts, etc. 
ring-joint (ring' joint), n. 1 . A joint formed by 
means of circular flanges. 
From these reservoirs start the distributing mains, all 
of which are of cast iron with ring joints. 
Set. Amer., N. S., LV. 163. 
2. In entom., a very short, disk-like joint; spe- 
cifically, such a joint in the geniculate antenna? 
of certain small Hymenoptera, between the pedi- 
cel or third joint and the flagellum. 
ring-keeper (ring'ke"per), n. A small thin 
piece of brass or copper that holds a ring or 
guide to an anglers' rod. Norris. 
ringle (ring'l), n. [= MD. 'ringliel = MLG. 
ringel (in comp.), a ring, ringele, a sunflower, 
= G. ringel, a ring; dim. of ring 1 .'] A little 
ring. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Some clogge, cheine, collers of iron, ringle, or manacle. 
Harl. MS. , quoted in Bibton-Turner's Vagi-ants and 
[Vagrancy, p. 117. 
ringle (ring'l), v. t. [= MD. ringhelen ; < ringle; 
fromthenoun.] To ring; fit with a ring, as the 
snout of a hog. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
From rooting of pasture, ring hog ye had need, 
Which being well rinyled, the better do feed. 
Though young with their elders will lightly keep best, 
Yet spare not to ringle both great and the rest. 
Tusser, September's Husbandry, St. 29. 
As a hot prond horse highly disdains 
To have his head controlled, but breaks the reins, 
Spits forth the Tingled bit, and with his hoves 
Checks the submissive ground. 
Marlou'e, Hero and Leander, ii. 143. 
ringleader (ring'le"der), n. [< ring 1 + lender 1 .'] 
It. One who loads a ring, as of dancers; one 
who opens a ball. 
Upon such grounds it may be reasonable to allow St. 
Peter a primacy of order; such a one as the ringleader 
hath in a dance. Barrow, Works, VII. 70. 
Hence 2. The leader or chief in any enter- 
prise ; particularly, one who leads and incites 
others to the violation of the law or the recog- 
nized rules of society : as, the ringleader in a 
riot or a mutiny. 
Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, 
The ringleader and head of all this rout. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 170. 
We have found this man a pestilent fellow, . . . and a 
ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. Acts xxiv. f. 
ringless (ring'les), a. [< ring 1 + -less.] Hav- 
ing or wearing no ring: as, a ringless finger. 
ringlestone (ring'1-ston), ii. Same as rinij-ilot- 
l< ril. .s'iV 7'. Jirmnip. [Norfolk. Eng.] 
ringlet (ring'lot), 11. [< ring 1 + -Iff.] 1. A 
circle, in n poetical or unusual sense; a ring 
other than a finger-ring: used loosely. 
ring-ouzel 
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. 
Shalt., M. X. D., ii. 1. 86. 
Who first Ulysses' wond'rous bow shall bend, 
And thro' twelve ringlets the fleet arrow send. 
Him will I follow. Pope, Odyssey, xxi. 76. 
2. A curl of hair; usually, a long and spirally 
curled lock, as distinguished from one of the 
small naturally curled locks of short hair. 
She ... 
Her unadorned golden tresses wore 
Disshevel'd, but in wanton ringlets waved 
A s the vine curls her tendrils. Milton, P. L., iv. 306. 
No longer shall thy comely Tresses break 
In flowing Ringlets on thy snowy Neck. 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
3. An English collectors' name for certain sa- 
tyrid butterflies: thus, Epinephele hypernntlius 
is the ringlet, and Ccenonympka tip/ion is the 
small ringlet. 
ringleted (ring'let-ed), a. [< ringlet + -ed 2 .] 
1. Adorned with ringlets; wearing the hair in 
ringlets. 
Thither at their will they haled the ye\]ow-ringleted 
Briton ess. Tennyson, Boadicea. 
2. Curled ; worn in ringlets or curls. 
A full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with 
handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and 
ringleted yellow hair. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxi. 
ring-lock (ring'lok), n. A form of letter- or 
puzzle-lock which has several movable rings 
surrounding the bolt. The grooves of these rings 
must be brought into a straight line with one another 
before the bolt can be passed through them. 
ring-locket (ring'lok"et), n. A locket, as of a 
sword-scabbard, which has a loose ring through 
which the hook of the sword-belt can be passed. 
ring-mail (ring'mal), n. [< ring 1 + waif 1 .] 
() Chain-mail. (6) In some writers, mail hav- 
ing unusually large links or rings: in attempt- 
ed discrimination of different styles of chain- 
mail. 
liingmail differs from chain-mail in the rings of the 
latter being interlaced with each other, and strongly fas- 
tened with rivets. Fairholt. 
ring-mallet (ring'mal"et), . A mallet the head 
of which is strengthened by means of rings 
driven on it. 
ring-man (ring'man), n. [< ME. ri/nge man, 
the ring-finger; < ring 1 + man.'] If. The third 
finger of the hand; the ring-finger. 
And when a man shooteth, the might of his shoot lieth 
on the foremost finger and on the ringman; for the mid- 
dle finger, which is the strongest, like a lubber, starteth 
back, and beareth no weight of the string in a manner at 
all. Ascham, Toxophilus (ed. 1864), p. 101. 
2. One interested in matters connected with 
the ring that is, with prize-fighting; a sport- 
ing or betting man. 
No ringmen to force the betting and deafen you with 
their blatant proffers. Laurence, Guy Livingstone, ix. 
ring-master (ring'mas'*ter), n. One who has 
charge of the performances in a circus-ring. 
ring-money (ring'mun"i), n. 1. Eudely formed 
rings and ring-shaped or pen- 
annular bodies of bronze and 
other materials found among 
the remains of ancient peo- 
ples of Europe, and generally 
thought to navi 
Gaulish Ring-money, 
gold. British Museum. 
(Size of the original.) 
iave been used, 
at least in some cases, as 
money. 2. In modern times, 
same as manilla 1 . 
ring-mule (ring'mul), n. An 
occasional name for the ring-frame. 
ringneck (ring'nek), n. 1. One of several 
kinds of ring-plovers. In the United States the name 
is chiefly given to &gialites femipalmatus, the semipal- 
mated plover ; also to ,K. melodus, the piping- plover. See 
-Vginlites, and cut under jnping-plover. 
2. The ring-necked duck or bastard broad- 
bill, Fulignla rvfitorques, having a reddish ring 
around the black neck in the male. 
ring-necked (ring'nekt), a. Having a ring of 
color around the neck ; collared ; torquate. 
Ring-necked loon, pheasant. See the nouns. 
ring-net (ring'net), . [< ring 1 + net 1 . Cf. AS. 
In-hif/net, 'a net of rings,' coat of mail.] A net 
whose mouth is stretched upon a hoop or ring, 
as the ordinary butterfly-net used by entomolo- 
gists. Such a ring-net consists of leno, muslin, or other 
very light fabric, stretched upon a hoop of wood or metal 
attached to a short wooden handle, and is made baggy ra- 
ther than pointed, that the insects may not get jammed. 
ring-OUZel (riiig'o"jd), n. A bird of the thrush 
kind, Titrdits torijntitnx or Mcniln ton/until, re- 
sembling and closely related to the blackbird, 
Turd its iin-ntlti or Miritln mlgtirix, but having a 
white ring or bar on the breast; the ring-black- 
bird. See cut under <>ii~i'l. 
