Rings
[riŋz]
Definition
(noun.) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises; 'the rings require a strong upper body'.
Inputed by Armand--From WordNet
Examples
- From the cooling and cont racting masses that were to constitute the planets smaller zones and rings were formed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Rings look wrong on my hands. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Your wife might get her some ear-rings, or a new gown, or some such truck, to make up with her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yes, Caroline; you hear the wire of the bell vibrate; it rings again for the fifth time this afternoon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She scarcely acknowledges these parting words by any look, but when he has been gone a little while, she rings her bell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The different parts of these are called the tube, jacket, hoops, locking rings, trunnion rings, wire winding, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These brooches and these rings, of a beauty so gracious and celestial, were what one called, with the permission of Monsieur, nuptial gifts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- These antique guns were made by welding longitudinal bars of iron together and binding them by iron rings shrunk on while hot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On their backs were oval shields, in their noses huge rings, while from the kinky wool of their heads protruded tufts of gay feathers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And she rings for Mercury to show the young man of the name of Guppy out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For example, these ravishing ear-rings and this necklace so superb to correspond, were what one called a love-gift. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But why did you buy these rings? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The roof rang with a scream from Miss Flite, which still rings in my ears. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Since this work was included, almost every sort of personal property, from key-rings to motor-cycles has been found and restored to the rightful owners. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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