Ring"er (?), n. (Horse Racing) A horse that is not entitled to take
part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Ring"head` (?), n. (Cloth Manuf.) An instrument used for stretching
woolen cloth.
Ring"ing, a & n. from Ring, v.
Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is
lifted by men pulling on ropes.
Ring"ing*ly, adv. In a ringing manner.
Ring"lead`er (?), n. 1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the
leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of
animals.
A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance.
Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of
law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and imprisoned.
Macaulay.
Rin"gle*stone` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The ringed dotterel, or ring plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Ring"let (?), n. [Ring + - let.] 1. A small ring; a small circle;
specifically, a fairy ring.
You demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets
make, Whereof the ewe not bites.
Shak.