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2521 Etymology dictionary, p. ringing (n.).2
c. 1300, "act of causing (a bell) to ring;" late 14c., "sound made by a bell," verbal noun from ring (v.1). Meaning "ringing sensation in the ears" is from late 14c.; in Middle English also ringlinge .
2522 Etymology dictionary, p. ringed (adj.).1
ringed (adj.)
2523 Etymology dictionary, p. ringed (adj.).2
Old English hringed, of armor, "furnished with or formed of rings," from the source of ring (n.1). By late 14c. as "wearing or decorated with rings." From 1510s as "surrounded with or as with a ring."
2524 Etymology dictionary, p. ringing (adj.).1
ringing (adj.)
2525 Etymology dictionary, p. ringing (adj.).2
"having or giving the sound of a bell; resonant," 14c., present-participle adjective from ring (v.1). Figurative use by c. 1600. Related: Ringingly .
2526 Etymology dictionary, p. ring-dove (n.).1
ring-dove (n.)
2527 Etymology dictionary, p. ring-dove (n.).2
"wood-pigeon," a common European bird, 1530s, from ring (n.1) + dove (v.). It has a ring-shaped marking around the neck.
2528 Etymology dictionary, p. ringer (n.).2
"bell-ringer, one employed to ring church or processional bells," early 15c. (c. 1200 as a surname), agent noun from ring (v.1). An early 13c. text has belle ringestre "nun who rings the convent bell."
2529 Etymology dictionary, p. ringer (n.).3
In quoits (and by extension, horseshoes), "a throw cast so as to encircle the pin," from 1863, from ring (v.2).
2530 Etymology dictionary, p. ringer (n.).4
… to ring in reference to this is attested from 1812, possibly from British ring in "substitute, exchange," via ring the changes, "substitute counterfeit money …
2531 Etymology dictionary, p. ringleader (n.).2
… the ring "take precedence, be foremost in a group" (mid-14c.), which probably is an extended sense from a meaning "one who leads a ring of dancers." See ring (n.1) + lead (v …
2532 Etymology dictionary, p. ringlet (n.).2
1550s, "circlet, ring other than a finger ring," from ring (n.1) + diminutive suffix -let. As "a curl of hair," usually a long and spiraled lock, by 1660s. Related: Ringleted .
2533 Etymology dictionary, p. ringmaster (n.).2
"one who has charge of the performances in a circus-ring," 1842, from ring (n.1) in the circus sense + master (n.).
2534 Etymology dictionary, p. ringneck (n.).2
name given to various birds having a ring around the neck, by 1876, from ring (n.1) + neck (n.). Related: Ring-necked .
2535 Etymology dictionary, p. ring-road (n.).1
ring-road (n.)
2536 Etymology dictionary, p. ring-road (n.).2
"bypass road around a town," 1928, from ring (n.1) + road .
2537 Etymology dictionary, p. ringside (n.).2
also ring-side, "area immediately around a fight ring or other contest arena," 1855, earlier as an adjective (1817), from ring (n.1) in the "space for fighting" sense …
2538 Etymology dictionary, p. ringster (n.).2
1875, "member of a (political) ring," from ring (n.1) + -ster. By 1926 as "a boxer."
2539 Etymology dictionary, p. ring-tailed (adj.).1
ring-tailed (adj.)
2540 Etymology dictionary, p. ring-tailed (adj.).2
"having the tail ringed with alternating colors," 1725 in ornithology, by 1729 in zoology, from ring (n.1) + tail (n.).