Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rung"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath
rung night's yawning peal. --Shak.
3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
{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 {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. One of the rounds of a ladder.
3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rung \Rung\,
imp. & p. p. of {Ring}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rung
n 1: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: {round}, {stave}]
2: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn:
{rundle}, {spoke}]
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