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761 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PARASELENE.1 (Noah Webster)
PARASELENE, n. [Gr. about or near, and the moon.] A mock moon; a luminous ring or circle encompassing the moon, in which sometimes are other bright spots bearing some resemblance to the moon.
762 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PASSING-BELL.1 (Noah Webster)
PASSING-BELL, n. The bell that rings at the hour of death to obtain prayers for the passing soul. It is also used for the bell that rings immediately after death.
763 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PATTEN.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A wooden shoe with an iron ring, worn to keep the shoes from the dirt or mud.
764 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PEAL.6 (Noah Webster)
1. To cause to ring or sound; to celebrate.
765 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PIGEON.1 (Noah Webster)
… , the ring dove, the turtle dove, and the migratory or wild pigeon of America. The domestic pigeon breeds in a box, often attached to a building, called a dovecot …
766 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PILLAR.11 (Noah Webster)
7. In the manege, the center of the volta, ring or manege ground, around which a horse turns. There are also pillars on the circumference or side, placed at certain distances by two and two.
767 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POESY.5 (Noah Webster)
3. A short conceit engraved on a ring or other thing.
768 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POSY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A motto inscribed on a ring, etc.
769 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUEEST.1 (Noah Webster)
QUEEST, n. A ring dove, a species of pigeon.
770 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RANFORCE.1 (Noah Webster)
RANFORCE, n. The ring of a gun next to the vent.
771 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RANG.1 (Noah Webster)
RANG, the old pret. of ring. [Nearly obsolete.]
772 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REEVE.3 (Noah Webster)
REEVE, v.t. In seamen’s language, to pass the end of a rope through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ring-bolt, cringle, etc.
773 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REQUEST.15 (Noah Webster)
The weight of the golden ear-rings which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold. Judges 8:26 .
775 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING.2 (Noah Webster)
… a ring, to see a wrestling match. Rings of gold were made for the ark. Exodus 25:12-15. Rings of gold or other material are worn on the fingers and sometimes in the …
776 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING.4 (Noah Webster)
Place me, O place me in the dusty ring, where youthful charioteers contend for glory.
777 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING.5 (Noah Webster)
RING, n. [from the verb.]
778 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING.6 (Noah Webster)
1. A sound; particularly, the sound of metals; as the ring of a bell.
779 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING.7 (Noah Webster)
2. Any loud sound, or the sounds of numerous voices; or sound continued, repeated or reverberated; as the ring of acclamations.
780 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING.9 (Noah Webster)
RING, v.t. pret. and pp. rung.