As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world.
Fuller.
Ring (?), n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G. ring,
OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf. Russ. krug'. Cf.
Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.] A circle, or a circular line, or anything
in the form of a circular line or hoop.
2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material
worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other
part of the person; as, a wedding ring.
Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring.
Chaucer.
The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.
Shak.
3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are
performed; an arena.
Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers
contend for glory.
E. Smith.
4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively,
prize fighting. "The road was an institution, the ring was an
institution." Thackeray.