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ringing
(mass) | ringing
- zvonenie |
ringing
(encz) | ringing,zvonění n: Zdeněk Brož |
ringing
(encz) | ringing,zvonící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ringing
(encz) | ringing,zvučný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ringing
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung
(r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS.
hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
body; as, to ring a bell.
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2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak.
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3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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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. --Tennyson.
To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing
the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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Ringing
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ringed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ringing.]
1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
"Ring these fingers." --Shak.
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2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to
girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
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3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a
swine's snout.
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Ringing
(gcide) | Ringing \Ring"ing\,
a & n. from Ring, v.
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Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the
monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
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ringing
(wn) | ringing
n 1: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the
church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the
ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn:
ring, ringing, tintinnabulation]
2: the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of
being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance,
reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority,
vibrancy] |
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bringing
(encz) | bringing,přinášející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
change ringing
(encz) | change ringing, |
change-ringing
(encz) | change-ringing, |
cringing
(encz) | cringing, |
fringing
(encz) | fringing,třásně Zdeněk Brož |
infringing
(encz) | infringing,nedodržení n: Zdeněk Brožinfringing,porušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
ringingly
(encz) | ringingly,zvučně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
springing
(encz) | springing,pružení n: Zdeněk Brož |
springing cow
(encz) | springing cow, n: |
upbringing
(encz) | upbringing,výchova n: Zdeněk Brož |
Astringing
(gcide) | Astringe \As*tringe"\ ([a^]s*tr[i^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Astringed (-tr[i^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Astringing
(-j[i^]ng).] [L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight.
Cf. Astrict, and see Strain, v. t.]
1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to
draw together; to compress.
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Which contraction . . . astringeth the moisture of
the brain and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes.
--Bacon.
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2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. --Wolsey.
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bell-ringing
(gcide) | bell-ringing \bell-ringing\ n.
playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower.
Syn: carillon, carillon playing.
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Bowstringing
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
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Bringing
(gcide) | Bring \Bring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brought; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bringing.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian,
D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth.
briggan.]
1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;
to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her,
and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.
--1 Kings
xvii. 11.
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To France shall we convey you safe,
And bring you back. --Shak.
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2. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to
make to come; to produce; to draw to.
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There is nothing will bring you more honor . . .
than to do what right in justice you may. --Bacon.
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3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
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In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it
some part of the oil of vitriol. --Sir I.
Newton.
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4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
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It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do
not easily bring themselves to it. --Locke.
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The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him
to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is
brought to reflect on them. --Locke.
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5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what
does coal bring per ton?
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To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
To bring back.
(a) To recall.
(b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.
To bring by the lee (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to
leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to
bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying
the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
To bring down.
(a) To cause to come down.
(b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks.
To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause.
[Colloq.]
To bring forth.
(a) To produce, as young fruit.
(b) To bring to light; to make manifest.
To bring forward
(a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.
(b) To hasten; to promote; to forward.
(c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments.
To bring home.
(a) To bring to one's house.
(b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of
treason.
(c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal
experience.
(d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor.
To bring in.
(a) To fetch from without; to import.
(b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly.
(c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other
body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a
report.
(d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or
collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a
specified object.
(e) To produce, as income.
(f) To induce to join.
To bring off, to bear or convey away; to clear from
condemnation; to cause to escape.
To bring on.
(a) To cause to begin.
(b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a
disease.
To bring one on one's way, to accompany, guide, or attend
one.
To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from
concealment.
To bring over.
(a) To fetch or bear across.
(b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to
change sides or an opinion.
To bring to.
(a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or
life, as a fainting person.
(b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by
dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so
as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to
lie to).
(c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her
course.
(d) To apply a rope to the capstan.
To bring to light, to disclose; to discover; to make clear;
to reveal.
To bring a sail to (Naut.), to bend it to the yard.
To bring to pass, to accomplish to effect. "Trust also in
Him; and He shall bring it to pass." --Ps. xxxvii. 5.
To bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to
obedience.
To bring up.
(a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
(b) To cause to stop suddenly.
(c)
Note: [v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun] To stop
suddenly; to come to a standstill. [Colloq.]
To bring up (any one) with a round turn, to cause (any one)
to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
To be brought to bed. See under Bed.
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Syn: To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import;
procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.
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Change ringing
(gcide) | Change \Change\, n. [F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v.
t.]
1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or
form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of
habits or principles.
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Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. --Hallam.
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All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till
my change come. --Job xiv. 14.
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2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of
another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of
seasons.
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Our fathers did for change to France repair.
--Dryden.
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The ringing grooves of change. --Tennyson.
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3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the
moon.
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4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.
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5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for
another.
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Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. --Judg.
xiv. 12.
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6. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins
and bank bills are made available in small dealings;
hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a
coin or note exceeding the sum due.
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7. [See Exchange.] A place where merchants and others meet
to transact business; a building appropriated for
mercantile transactions. [Colloq. for Exchange.]
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8. A public house; an alehouse. [Scot.]
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They call an alehouse a change. --Burt.
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9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck,
other than that of the diatonic scale.
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Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
--Holder.
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Change of life, the period in the life of a woman when
menstruation and the capacity for conception cease,
usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of
age.
Change ringing, the continual production, without
repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above.
Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different
sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or
substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a
different but definite rate of angular velocity in an
axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc.
To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or
arguments in variety of ways.
Syn: Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition;
vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation;
revolution; reverse.
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change-ringing
(gcide) | change-ringing \change-ringing\ n.
ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually
changing. See change[9], n.
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Constringing
(gcide) | Constringe \Con*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See
onstrain.]
To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself;
to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.]
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Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the
fibers, and coagulate the fluids. --Arbuthnot.
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Cringing
(gcide) | Cringe \Cringe\ (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed
(kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan,
cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.]
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend
or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court
in a degrading manner; to fawn.
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When they were come up to the place where the lions
were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan.
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Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? --Milton.
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Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
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Cringingly
(gcide) | Cringingly \Crin"ging*ly\, adv.
In a cringing manner.
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Fringing
(gcide) | Fringe \Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fringed (fr[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Fringing.]
To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
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Precipices fringed with grass. -- Bryant.
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Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
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Fringing reef
(gcide) | Fringe \Fringe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fringed (fr[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Fringing.]
To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
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Precipices fringed with grass. -- Bryant.
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Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
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fringing reefs
(gcide) | Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,
fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa,
and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed
by some Bryozoa.
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Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to
various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid
genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is
the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium
rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan
corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species
of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny.
Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an
Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of
species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa,
Madrepora.
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2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their
color.
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3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and
other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain.
Chain coral. See under Chain.
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are
formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral
insects}.
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary.
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and
the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.
They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the
land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a
broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute
separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous
plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on
roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or
knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.
under Coralloid.
Coral snake. (Zo)
(a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps
corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.
(b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix
scytale}).
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several
species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.
The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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Hamstringing
(gcide) | Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr.
& vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
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So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by
seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
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Infringing
(gcide) | Infringe \In*fringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infringed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Infringing.] [L. infringere; pref. in- in + frangere
to break. See Fraction, and cf. Infract .]
1. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill
or obey; as, to infringe a law, right, or contract.
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If the first that did the edict infringe,
Had answered for his deed. --Shak.
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The peace . . . was infringed by Appius Claudius.
--Golding.
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2. To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to
infringe delight or power. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Restringing
(gcide) | Restringe \Re*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restringed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Restringing.] [L. restringere. See
Restrain.]
To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]
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Ringing
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung
(r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS.
hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
body; as, to ring a bell.
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2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak.
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3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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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. --Tennyson.
To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing
the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
danger. --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]Ring \Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ringed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ringing.]
1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
"Ring these fingers." --Shak.
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2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to
girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
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3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a
swine's snout.
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a & n. from Ring, v.
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Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the
monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
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Ringing engine
(gcide) | Ringing \Ring"ing\,
a & n. from Ring, v.
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Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the
monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
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Ringingly
(gcide) | Ringingly \Ring"ing*ly\, adv.
In a ringing manner.
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Scringing
(gcide) | Scringe \Scringe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scringed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scringing.] [Cf. Cringe.]
To cringe. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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Springing
(gcide) | Spring \Spring\ (spr[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sprang (spr[a^]ng) or
Sprung (spr[u^]ng); p. p. Sprung; p. pr. & vb. n.
Springing.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. &
OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr.
spe`rchesqai to hasten. Cf. Springe, Sprinkle.]
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1. To leap; to bound; to jump.
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The mountain stag that springs
From height to height, and bounds along the plains.
--Philips.
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2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity;
to dart; to shoot.
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And sudden light
Sprung through the vaulted roof. --Dryden.
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3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
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Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
--Otway.
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4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its
elastic power.
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5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to
become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank,
sometimes springs in seasoning.
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6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin
to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams
from their source, and the like; -- often followed by up,
forth, or out.
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Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer.
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to
cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.
--Job xxxviii.
27.
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Do not blast my springing hopes. --Rowe.
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O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.
--Pope.
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7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to
result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
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[They found] new hope to spring
Out of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked.
--Milton.
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8. To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
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What makes all this, but Jupiter the king,
At whose command we perish, and we spring? --Dryden.
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To spring at, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a
leap.
To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out.
To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.
To spring on or To spring upon, to leap on; to rush on
with haste or violence; to assault.
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1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
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2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a
plant.
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Thou blessest the springing thereof. --Ps. lxv. 10.
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Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line
drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the
impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also
spring of an arch.
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Springing line of an arch
(gcide) | Springing \Spring"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
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2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a
plant.
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Thou blessest the springing thereof. --Ps. lxv. 10.
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Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line
drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the
impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also
spring of an arch.
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Springing use
(gcide) | Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,
to use. See Use, v. t.]
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1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's
service; the state of being so employed or applied;
application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,
the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general
use.
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Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.
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This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak.
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When he framed
All things to man's delightful use. --Milton.
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2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no
further use for a book. --Shak.
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3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of
being used; usefulness; utility.
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God made two great lights, great for their use
To man. --Milton.
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'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.
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4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;
usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser.
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How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak.
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5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
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O Caesar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.
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6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any
diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford
use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but
one use. --Pref. to
Book of Common
Prayer.
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7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of
borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
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Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use
and principal, to him. --Jer. Taylor.
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8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.
opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. Operate.]
(Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use
imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the
holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is
intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and
limited to A for the use of B.
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9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,
as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by
hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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Contingent use, or Springing use (Law), a use to come
into operation on a future uncertain event.
In use.
(a) In employment; in customary practice observance.
(b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.
Of no use, useless; of no advantage.
Of use, useful; of advantage; profitable.
Out of use, not in employment.
Resulting use (Law), a use, which, being limited by the
deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to
him who raised it, after such expiration.
Secondary use, or Shifting use, a use which, though
executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
--Blackstone.
Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.
10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites
the use and possession.
To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive
service from; to use.
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Stringing
(gcide) | String \String\ (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Strung (str[u^]ng);
p. p. Strung (R. Stringed (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stringing.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
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Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
--Gay.
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2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
in order to play upon it.
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For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
--Addison.
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3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
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4. To make tense; to strengthen.
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Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
--Dryden.
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5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
string beans. See String, n., 9.
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6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung
him along all day until he realized we were kidding.
[Slang]
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Syringing
(gcide) | Syringe \Syr"inge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syringed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Syringing.]
1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water
into a vein.
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2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
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Wringing
(gcide) | Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung, Obs. Wringed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to
LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw.
vr[aum]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle,
Wrench, Wrong.]
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1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
in washing. "Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand." --Sir W.
Scott. "Wring him by the nose." --Shak.
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[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
--Chaucer.
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The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
--Bacon.
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The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar,
and wring off his head. --Lev. i. 15.
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2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
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Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
fortune. --Clarendon.
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Didst thou taste but half the griefs
That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus
coldly. --Addison.
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3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
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How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? --Whitgift.
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4. To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to
squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by
violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually
with out or form.
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Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --Shak.
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He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
fleece. --Judg. vi.
38.
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5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
to enforce compliance.
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To wring the widow from her 'customed right. --Shak.
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The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
wringed to the quick. --Hayward.
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6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to
wring a mast.
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a. & n. from Wring, v.
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Wringing machine, a wringer. See Wringer, 2.
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Wringing machine
(gcide) | Wringing \Wring"ing\,
a. & n. from Wring, v.
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Wringing machine, a wringer. See Wringer, 2.
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bell ringing
(wn) | bell ringing
n 1: the sound of someone playing a set of bells
2: persuasion of voters in a political campaign [syn:
electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing]
3: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
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bringing
(wn) | bringing
n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods
or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn:
delivery, bringing] |
bringing close together
(wn) | bringing close together
n 1: the act of bringing near or bringing together especially
the cut edges of tissue [syn: approximation, {bringing
close together}] |
bringing up
(wn) | bringing up
n 1: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the
community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering,
fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing] |
change ringing
(wn) | change ringing
n 1: ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually
changing |
cringing
(wn) | cringing
adj 1: totally submissive [syn: cringing, groveling,
grovelling, wormlike, wormy] |
springing cow
(wn) | springing cow
n 1: a cow about to give birth [syn: springer, {springing
cow}] |
upbringing
(wn) | upbringing
n 1: properties acquired during a person's formative years
2: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the
community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering,
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BRINGING MONEY INTO COUR
(bouvier) | BRINGING MONEY INTO COURT. The act of depositing money in the hands of the
proper officer of the court, for the purpose of satisfying a debt or duty,
or of an interpleader.
2. Whenever a tender of money is pleaded, and the debt is not
discharged by the tender and refusal, money may be brought into court,
without asking leave of the court; indeed, in such cases the money must be
brought into court in order to have the benefit of the tender. In other
cases, leave must be had, before the money can be brought into court.
3. In general, if the money brought into court is sufficient to satisfy
the plaintiff 's claim, he shall not recover costs. See Bac. Ab. Tender, &c.
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RINGING THE CHANGE
(bouvier) | RINGING THE CHANGE, crim. law. A trick practised by a criminal, by which, on
receiving a good piece of money in payment of an article, he pretends it is
not good, and, changing it, returns to the buyer a counterfeit one, as in
the following case: The prosecutor having bargained with the prisoner, who
was selling fruit about the streets, to have five apricot's for sixpence,
gave him a good shilling to change. The prisoner put the shilling into his
mouth, as if to bite it in order to try its goodness, and returning a
shilling to the prosecutor, told him it was a bad one. The prosecutor gave
him another good shilling which he also affected to bite, and then returned
another shilling, saying it was a bad one. The prosecutor gave him another
good shilling with which he practised this trick a third time the shillings
returned by him being in every respect, bad. 2 Leach, 64.
2. This was held to be an uttering of false money. 1 Russ. on Cr. 114.
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SPRINGING USE
(bouvier) | SPRINGING USE, estates. One to arise on a future event, when no preceding
estate is limited, and does not take effect in derogation of any preceding
interest. Example: a grant is made to A in fee, to the use of B in fee,
after the fourth of July; no use arises till the limited period. The use in
the mean time results to the grantor, who has a determinable fee. A
springing use differs from a resulting use, (q.v.) or a shifting use. (q.v.)
4 Kent, Com. 292; Com. Dig. Uses, K 7 Wils. on Springing Uses; Corn. on
Uses, 91; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1889.
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