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2541 Etymology dictionary, p. ringworm (n.).2
name given to certain skin diseases manifesting in circular patches, early 15c. (Chauliac), from ring (n.1) + worm (n.). Earlier it meant "an intestinal worm" (late Old English). In boxing slang, it meant "habitué of prize-fights" (by 1929).
2542 Etymology dictionary, p. rink (n.).2
… with ring (n.1), also used for "area marked out for a sporting contest."
2543 Etymology dictionary, p. ripple (n.).3
… ripple-rings in water from a cast stone, by 1884. (Chaucer, late 14c., used roundel "a little circle" for that.) As the name of a brand of inexpensive wine sold by E&J Gallo …
2544 Etymology dictionary, p. rope (n.).2
… reif "ring, hoop"). Technically, only cordage above one inch in circumference and below 10 (bigger-around than that is a cable ). Nautical use varies. Finnish raippa …
2545 Etymology dictionary, p. rope (n.).4
… fight ring, where being in or on the ropes was a figure by 1829.
2546 Etymology dictionary, p. round (adj., adv.).4
… or ring. Round heels attested from 1926, in reference to incompetent boxers, 1927 in reference to loose women, implying in either case a tendency to end up flat …
2547 Etymology dictionary, p. round (n.).3
… or ring" is by 1510s. The meaning "large round piece of beef" is recorded from 1650s. The sense of "circuit performed by a sentinel" is from 1590s; hence to go or make …
2548 Etymology dictionary, p. roundabout (adv.).2
… a ring or circle," by mid-14c. By late 15c. (Caxton) as a preposition. As an adjective from c. 1600. Noun sense of "traffic circle" is attested from 1927. It was used earlier …
2549 Etymology dictionary, p. rush (n.1).3
The stalks were cut and used for various purposes, including making torches and finger rings; they also were strewn on floors as covering or when visitors arrived; it was attested a type of something weak or of no value by early 14c.
2550 Etymology dictionary, p. shackle (n.).2
… or ring of a chain," from Proto-Germanic *skakula- (source also of Middle Dutch, Dutch schakel "link of a chain, ring of a net," Old Norse skökull "pole of a carriage"), of …
2551 Etymology dictionary, p. shilling (n.).3
… , to ring," and others to the root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (perhaps via sense of "shield" from resemblance to one or as a device on coins (see shield (n.)) or from the cut or clipped …
2552 Etymology dictionary, p. shop-bell (n.).2
"small bell so hung as to ring notice of the opening of a shop door," 1801, from shop (n.) + bell (n.).
2553 Etymology dictionary, p. Siegfried.3
… Wagner's "Ring" cycle.
2554 Etymology dictionary, p. signet (n.).2
late 14c., "small seal" (especially a private one on a finger ring), from Old French signet "a small seal," diminutive of signe "sign" (see sign (n.)). Signet-ring is attested from 1680s.
2555 Etymology dictionary, p. *sker- (2).3
… ;" krone; ring (n.1) "circular band;" ranch; range; ranger; rank (n.) "row, line series;" research; recherche; ridge; rink; rucksack; search; shrink .
2556 Etymology dictionary, p. *sker- (2).4
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin curvus "bent, curved," crispus "curly;" Old Church Slavonic kragu "circle;" perhaps Greek kirkos "ring," koronos "curved;" Old English hring "ring, small circlet."
2557 Etymology dictionary, p. snake (n.).2
… Schnake "ring snake"), from PIE root *sneg- "to crawl, creeping thing" (source also of Old Irish snaighim "to creep," Lithuanian snakė "snail," Old High German snahhan …
2558 Etymology dictionary, p. Spirogyra (n.).2
genus of common freshwater algae, 1875, from Modern Latin (1833), from Latinized form of Greek speira "a winding, a coil" (see spiral (adj.)) + gyros "a circle, ring" (see gyre (n.)).
2559 Etymology dictionary, p. spousal (n.).3
… spousing-ring "wedding ring" (mid-14c.). An earlier noun still was spoushed "marriage, the married state; spiritual union (of a virgin) with Christ" (late Old English …
2560 Etymology dictionary, p. Stephen.2
… the ring of spectators at a fight or the wall around a town. It is from stephein "to encircle, crown, wreathe, tie around" (from PIE root *stebh- "post, stem; place firmly …