Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RING
RING, n.2 [from the verb.]
- A sound; particularly, the sound of metals; as, the ring of a bell.
- Any loud sound, or the sounds of numerous voices; or sound continued, repeated or reverberated; as, the ring of acclamations. – Bacon.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. – Prior.
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