Definition of "ring" []

• A circular object, form, line, or arrangement with a vacant circular center. (noun)
• A small circular band, generally made of precious metal and often set with jewels, worn on the finger. (noun)
• A circular band used for carrying, holding, or containing something: a napkin ring. (noun)
• Sports A pair of circular metal bands suspended in the air for gymnastic exercises, on which balancing and swinging maneuvers are performed while holding the bands as motionless as possible. (noun)
• A circular movement or course, as in dancing. (noun)

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• "With the genitive to be supplied: brēac þonne mōste, 1488; imp. brūc þisses bēages, _enjoy this ring, take this ring_, 1217."
• "With the genitive to be supplied: breác þonne môste, 1488; imp. brûc þisses beáges, _enjoy this ring, take this ring_, 1217."
• "Brantefield's cause of belief, first: her ladyship declared that she never wore Sir Josseline's ring without putting on after it a _guard ring_, a ring which, being tighter than Sir Josseline's, kept it safe on her finger."