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ringed |
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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