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verb

Ring v. t. (past rang; past part. rung; pres. part. ringing)

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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."

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 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..

To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger.

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"Ring out" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the tower of this ancient structure, whose chimes had been removed to be recast into rebel cannon. I have since heard that a new set of chimes now ring out ...

— The Flag Replaced on Sumter - A Personal Narrative • William A. Spicer

... father leans an anxious ear The thunder of thy hoofs to hear; The lover listens, far away, To catch thy keen exultant neigh; And, where thy breathings roll and rise, The husband strains his eager eyes, And laugh of wife and baby-glee Ring out to greet and welcome thee. Then stretch away! and when at last The master's hand shall gently check Thy mighty speed, and hold thee fast, The world will ...

— Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems • James Whitcomb Riley

... the bells ring out their merry sounds. Firecrackers and the booming of little cannon rend the air. The Filipino pyrotechnist, who has learned his art without a teacher of any renown, displays his skill, setting up pieces representing towers, castles, and the like. Already the small boys are running at break-neck ...

— Friars and Filipinos - An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, - 'Noli Me Tangere.' • Jose Rizal

... "Ring out your belles, let mourning shewes be spread; For Love is dead: All Love is dead, infected With plague of deep disdaine: Worth, as nought worth, rejected And Faith faire scorne doth game. From so ungratefull fancie, From such a femall franzie From them ...

— The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare • J. J. Jusserand

... by after this. Many times did the bell in the market place ring out to call the judges together. Many wrongs were righted, many ill-doers were punished. At last the hempen rope was almost worn out. The lower part of it was un-twist-ed; some of the strands were broken; it became so short that only a tall man ...

— Fifty Famous Stories Retold • James Baldwin

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