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Rung \Rung\,
imp. & p. p. of {Ring}.
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Rung \Rung\, n. [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin
to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe
a prop, support, Icel. r["o]ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga
a staff.]
1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.
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2. One of the rounds of a ladder.
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3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
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4. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim
of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of
a lantern wheel.
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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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