Rin"der*pest (rn"dr*pst), n. [G., fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest
pest, plague.] A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle
plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.
Rin"dle (rn"d'l), n. [AS. rynele. √11. See Run.] A small water
course or gutter. Ash.
Rind"less (rnd"ls), a. Destitute of a rind.
Rind"y (-), a. Having a rind or skin. Ash.
Rine (rn), n. See Rind. [Obs.] Spenser.
Rined (?), a. Having a rind [Obs.] Milton.
||Rin`for*zan"do (?), a. [It., fr. rinforzare to reënforce,
||strengthen.] (Mus.) Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction
||indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf.
||Forzando, and Sforzando.
Ring (rng), v. t. [imp. Rang (rng) or Rung (rng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ringing.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan.
ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. √19.] 1. To cause to sound,
especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.