104 R I N 
RIMS WELL, a hamlet of England, East Riding of York¬ 
shire; 16J miles east of Kingston-upon-Hull. 
RI'MY, adj. Steamy; foggy; full of frozen mist.—The 
air is now cold, hot, dry, or moist; and then thin, thick, 
foggy, rimy, or poisonous. Harvey. 
RlN, s. A provincial term for brine. 
RINALDI (Oderic,) alearned Italian ecclesiastical historian 
in the 17th century, concerning whose personal history we are 
furnished with no other particulars, than that he was a native 
of Treviso, and entered an establishment, belonging to the 
priests of the congregation of the oratory at Rome, of which 
Baronius had been a member. After the death of that car¬ 
dinal, Rinaldi undertook the laborious task of continuing his 
Ecclesiastical Annals,” from the year 1198, with which 
the work of Baronius terminated, to the year 1564, when the 
council of Trent had been dissolved. This continuation, 
which is written in the same spirit and with the same design 
as the original work, reflects credit on the author’s industry 
and application, and certainly abounds with many curious 
and valuable documents taken from the archives atthe Vatican 
and other collections. It consists of ten large volumes in 
folio, which made their appearance in Rome at different pe¬ 
riods from 1646 to 1677. Rinaldi published a sufficiently 
copious abridgment, in Italian, of the whole annals compiled 
both by Baronius and himself, which is said to be a masterly 
performance. Landis Hist, de la Lit. de I'ltalie. 
RINALDO DI CAPUA, an eminent Neapolitan com¬ 
poser, who flourished in the middle of the last century, and 
whose story is somewhat singular. 
He was the natural son of a person of very high rank in 
that country, and at first only learned music as an accom¬ 
plishment ; but being left by his father with only a small 
fortune, which was soon dissipated, he was forced to make it 
his profession. He was but seventeen when he composed 
Iris first opera at Vienna. 
In the course of a long life, Rinaldo experienced various 
vicissitudes of fortune, sometimes in vogue, sometimes ne¬ 
glected. However, finding old age coming on, he collected 
together his principal works, such as had been produced in 
the zenith of his fortune and fancy, thinking these would be 
a resource in distressful times; those times arrived; various 
misfortunes had happened to him and his family; when 
this sole resource, the accumulated produce of his pen, had 
by a graceless son been sold for waste paper! so that this 
composer, whose productions were, during many years, the 
delight of all Europe, in 1770 was reduced at Rome to the 
utmost indigence. 
Rinaldo had the reputation at R.ome of being the inventor 
of accompanied recitatives; but Scarlatti preceded him. He 
seems to have been a composer from 1737 to 1758. His 
first serious opera at Rome was “ II Ciro Riconosciuto,” in 
1737; and “Adriano in Siria,” the last, in 1758. 
Avery fine air from “Vologeso,” was printed by Walsh 
among the favourite songs in the opera of Gianguir,—"Nell’ 
orror di notte oscura,”—to which we refer as a specimen of 
f?is serious style. Indeed the whole scene in that opera is 
admirable, and a proof to what perfection dramatic music 
was brought in Italy fifty or sixty years ago. 
It has been said, with some truth, that the science of this 
composer was not equal to his genius; for, being educated 
as a dilettante, he did not submit to the necessary toil. 
RINAR, an old term with chemists for filings. 
RINARY, a small island of Scotland, on the south coast 
of the isle of Islay. 
RINCADROLEAN POINT, a cape on the west coast of 
Ireland, in the county of Kerry. Lat. 52. 44. N. long. 10. 
13. W. 
RINCAN, an Indian settlement of Mexico, in the inten¬ 
dancy of Valladolid.—It is also the name of several other 
Spanish settlements, all of them inconsiderable. 
RIND, s. []unb, Sax.; rinde, Dutch.] Bark; husk. 
Thou can’st not touch the freedom of this mind 
With all thy charms, although this corporal rind 
Thou hast immanacled. Milton. 
R I N 
This monument, thy maiden beauty's due, 
High on a plane-tree shall be hung to view; 
On the smooth rind the passenger shall see 
Thy name engrav’d, and worship Helen’s tree. Dryden. 
To RIND, v. a. To decorticate; to bark; to husk. 
RINDERA, in Botany. See Cynoglossum. 
RIND-GALL, a disease a tree receives when young, so 
that the bark or rind seems to grow to its inner substance. 
RINDGE, or Ringe, a township of the United States, in 
Cheshire county, New Hampshire, on the west side of New 
Ipswich. Population 1226; 55 miles north-west of Bos¬ 
ton. 
RINEUS MARINUS, a name given by some botanical 
writers to the crithmum, or samphire. See Crithmum. 
RING, s. [hping, pin^. Sax. firing, Icel. circus: “ vox 
antiquiss. et in lingu. septentr. usitatissima.” Serenius.] A 
circle; an orbicular line.—Bubbles of water, before they be¬ 
gan to exhibit their colours to the naked eye, have appeared 
through a prism girded about with many parallel and hori¬ 
zontal rings. Newton. —A circle of gold or some other 
matter worn as an ornament. 
A quarrel. 
—About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring. Shakspeare. 
I have seen old Roman rings so very thick about, and 
with such large stones in them, that ’tis no wonder a fop 
should reckon them a little cumbersome in the summer. 
Addison. —A circle of metal to be held by. 
The rings of iron, that on the doors were hung, 
Sent out a jarring sound, and harshly rung. Dryden. 
Some eagle got the ring of my box in his beak, with an 
intent to let it fall, and devour it. Swift. —A circular course. 
Chaste Diana, 
Goddess presiding o’er the rapid race, 
Place me, O place me in the dusty ring. 
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. Smith . 
A circle made by persons standing round. 
Make a ring about the corps of Caesar, 
And let me shew you him that made the will. Shakspeare. 
A number of bells harmonically tuned. 
A squirrel spends his little rage, 
In jumping round a rolling cage; 
The cage as either side turn up, 
Striking a ring of bells a-top. Prior. 
The sound of bells, or any other sonorous body.—Hawks’ 
bells, that have holes, give a greater ring, than if the pellet did 
strike upon brass in the open air. Bacon. 
Sullen Moloch, fled, 
Hath left in shadows dread 
His burning idol all of blackest hue; 
In vain with cymbals ring. 
They call the grisly king. Milton. 
A sound of any kind.—The king, full of confidence, as he 
had been victorious in battle, and had prevailed with his par¬ 
liament, and had the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears, 
thought the rest of his reign should be but play. Bacon. 
Pliny observes, that we are in the dark as to the person 
who first invented, or wore the ring; because what is said 
of Prometheus, as also of Midas’s ring, are fables. The first 
people among whom we find the ring in use, are the He. 
brews, (Gen. xxxviii.) where Judah, Jacob’s son, gives 
Tamar his ring, or signet, as a pledge of his promise; but 
the ring appears to have been in use at the same time among 
the Egyptians, from Gen. xli. where Pharoah puts his ring 
upon Joseph’s hand, as a mark of the power he gave him. 
And in the first book of Kings, chap. xxii. Jezebel seals the 
warrant she sends for the killing of Naboth, with the king’s 
ring. 
The ancient Chaldeans, Babylonians, Persians, and 
Greeks, had likewise the use of the ring j as appears from 
several 
