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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ringed  \Ringed\,  a. 
  1.  Encircled  or  marked  with  or  as  with  a  ring  or  rings. 
 
  2.  Wearning  a  wedding  ring;  hence  lawfully  wedded.  ``A 
  ringed  wife.''  --Tennyson. 
 
  {Ringed  seal}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  North  Pacific  seal  ({Phoca 
  f[oe]tida})  having  ringlike  spots  on  the  body. 
 
  {Ringed  snake}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  harmless  European  snake 
  ({Tropidonotus  natrix})  common  in  England. 
 
  {Ringed  worm}  (Zo["o]l.),  an  annelid. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ring  \Ring\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ringed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Ringing}.] 
  1.  To  surround  with  a  ring,  or  as  with  a  ring;  to  encircle. 
  ``Ring  these  fingers.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  (Hort.)  To  make  a  ring  around  by  cutting  away  the  bark;  to 
  girdle;  as  to  ring  branches  or  roots. 
 
  3.  To  fit  with  a  ring  or  with  rings,  as  the  fingers,  or  a 
  swine's  snout. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ringed 
  adj  1:  shaped  like  a  ring  [syn:  {annular},  {annulate},  {annulated}, 
  {circinate},  {circular},  {ring-shaped}] 
  2:  wearing  a  wedding  ring;  lawfully  married;  "a  ringed  wife"- 
  Tennyson 
  3:  adorned  or  crowned  with  a  circlet;  sometimes  used  as 
  combining  forms;  "a  brow  encircled  with  laurel";  "wreathed 
  in  an  extraordinary  luminescence";  "ringed  round  with 
  daisies";  "smoke-wreathed"  [syn:  {encircled},  {wreathed}] 




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