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Ring
Ring 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
Ring 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 ringing 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
Ring Ring, v. i. (Falconry)
To rise in the air spirally.
ringPawl Pawl, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.]
(Mach.)
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.]
Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
pawls to catch in.
