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15 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[a^]ng) or {Rung} (r[u^]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr & vb n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan akin to Icel. hringja Sw ringa, Dan. ringe, OD ringhen, ringkelen [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as to ring a bell. 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. 3. To repeat often loudly, or earnestly. {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells. {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}. {To ring in} or {out}, to usher, attend on or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as to ring out the old year and ring in the new --Tennyson. {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr & vb n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As se['o]n; akin to OFries s[=i]a, D. zien, OS & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw se Dan. see Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr ??????, Skr. sac. Cf {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after --Shak. I had a mind to see him out and therefore did not care for centradicting him --Addison. 4. To have an interview with especially, to make a call upon to visit; as to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv 35. 5. To fall in with to have intercourse or communication with hence to have knowledge or experience of as to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon as to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, or me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me etc.) in his sight; God protect you [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} anything {out}, to see it to the end to be present at or attend, to the end {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see one through}, to help, watch, or guard one to the end of a course or an undertaking. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr & vb n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS sellan, syllan, to give to deliver; akin to OS sellian OFries sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over to sell Sw s["a]lja to sell Dan. s?lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf {Sale}.] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. Note: Sell is corellative to buy as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of to accept a price or reward for as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. 3. To impose upon to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. {To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. {To sell} anything {out}, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Out \Out\, adv [OE. out ut oute, ute, AS [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw ut Dan. ud Goth. ut Skr. ud [root]198. Cf {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.] In its original and strict sense out means from the interior of something beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something -- opposed to {in} or {into}. The something may be expressed after of from etc (see {Out of}, below); or if not expressed, it is implied; as he is out or he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out or he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc Out is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. Away abroad; off from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place not in not in a particular, or a usual, place as the proprietor is out his team was taken out ``My shoulder blade is out.'' --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence not in concealment, constraint, etc., in or into a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as the sun shines out he laughed out to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out or is out the disease broke out on his face; the book is out Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end completely; hence in or into a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as the fuel, or the fire, has burned out ``Hear me out.'' --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv 23. When the butt is out we will drink water. --Shak. 4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence in or into a state of want loss or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in he put his money out at interest. ``Land that is out at rack rent.'' --Locke. ``He was out fifty pounds.'' --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part and I am out --Shak. 5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. ``Lancelot and I are out.'' --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv {Day in day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day every day {Out and out}. a adv Completely; wholly; openly. b adj Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, ``of the harbor,'' ``from the shore,'' ``of sight,'' or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: ``Out of the frying pan into the fire.'' {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action from the interior of beyond the limit: from hence origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being the state of being derived, removed, or separated from Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words as out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in or into the open air; hence figuratively, shut out dismissed. See under {Door}, also {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. ``He 's quality, and the question's out of door,'' --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. ``Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.'' --Latimer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Out \Out\, n. 1. One who or that which is out especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural. 2. A place or space outside of something a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as the ins and outs of a question. See under {In}. 3. (Print.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. {To make an out} (Print.), to omit something in setting or correcting type which was in the copy. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Out \Out\, v. t. 1. To cause to be out to eject; to expel. A king outed from his country. --Selden. The French have been outed of their holds --Heylin. 2. To come out with to make known [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To give out to dispose of to sell [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Out \Out\, v. i. To come or go out to get out or away to become public. ``Truth will out.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Out \Out\, interj. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of -- with the force of command; go out begone; away off Out idle words servants to shallow fools ! --Shak. {Out upon} or {on!} equivalent to ``shame upon!'' ``away with!'' as out upon you! From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS. [=u]tor, compar. of [=u]t, adv., out See {Out}, {Utter}, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place -- opposed to {inner}; as the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. {Outer bar}, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Veer \Veer\, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as to veer, or wear, a vessel. {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten. {To veer away} or {out} (Naut.), to let out to slacken and let run; to pay out as to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr & vb n. {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. ???.] 1. To turn up or delve in (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. 2. To get by digging; as to dig potatoes, or gold. 3. To hollow out as a well to form as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as to dig a ditch or a well 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, or {up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as to dig in manure. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it --Gen. ii 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form --Carlyle. b To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to as to a tool by hammering; also to smooth or finish. c To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. d To break and train for use as a horse or other animal. {To dress up} or {out}, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. ``You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[ae]sar.'' --Addison. {To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr & vb n. {Bowling}.] 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. 2. To roll or carry smoothly on or as on wheels; as we were bowled rapidly along the road. 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak. {To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: out adj 1: not in or in or into the open "has been out all day"; "out to lunch"; "the sun is out" [syn: {out(p)}] [ant: {in(p)}] 2: (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [syn: {out(p)}, {retired}] [ant: {safe(p)}] 3: of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched flames" [syn: {extinct}, {extinguished}, {out(p)}, {quenched}] 4: not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather" [syn: {out(p)}] 5: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out" [syn: {out(a)}] 6: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: {forbidden}, {out(p)}, {prohibited}, {proscribed}, {taboo}, {tabu}] 7: directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket" [syn: {out(a)}] 8: no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days" 9: outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull" [syn: {out(a)}] 10: outer or outlying; "the out islands" 11: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: {knocked out(p)}, {kayoed}, {KO'd}, {out(p)}, {stunned}] n : a failure to get on base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning" adv 1: outside of an enclosed space; "she is out" [ant: {in}] 2: outward from a reference point; "he kicked his legs out" 3: away from home; "they went out last night" 4: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: {away}] v 1: reveal somebody else's homosexuality; "This actor was outed last week" 2: be made known be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" [syn: {come out}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: OUT-:OF:-:DOORS:, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. I climbed to the top of a mountain one day To see the sun setting in glory, And I thought, as I looked at his vanishing ray, Of a perfectly splendid story. 'Twas about an old man and the ass he bestrode Till the strength of the beast was o'ertested; Then the man would carry him miles on the road Till Neddy was pretty well rested. The moon rising solemnly over the crest Of the hills to the east of my station Displayed her broad disk to the darkening west Like a visible new creation. And I thought of a joke (and I laughed till I cried) Of an idle young woman who tarried About a church-door for a look at the bride, Although 'twas herself that was married. To poets all Nature is pregnant with grand Ideas -- with thought and emotion. I pity the dunces who don't understand The speech of earth, heaven and ocean. Stromboli Smith
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