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The ring

ðə rɪŋ
Stoneware jug on a corrugated base with an ovoid body and narrow neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Some profiles on the neck. The jug is decorated with rotating rings with a smoothed shoulder. Some engraved zigzag bands on the shoulder and neck. Langerwehe.
Stoneware jug on a corrugated base with an ovoid body and narrow neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Some profiles on the neck. The jug is decorated with rotating rings with a smoothed shoulder. Some engraved zigzag bands on the shoulder and neck. Langerwehe.
Illustrations
Oval print in a brass frame with support ring, on the back with black adhesive tape taped all around. Black oval passe-partout border prints all around. Portrait bust in black and white of Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol, taken from the front, head turned slightly to the right, so that the right side of the face can be seen. Male has elongated face and wears short smooth wig, placed in a roll on both sides of temples (tail wig). He is dressed in dark coat, white shirt with high collar around which wide ribbon is wrapped, and jabot.
Oval print in a brass frame with support ring, on the back with black adhesive tape taped all around. Black oval passe-partout border prints all around. Portrait bust in black and white of Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol, taken from the front, head turned slightly to the right, so that the right side of the face can be seen. Male has elongated face and wears short smooth wig, placed in a roll on both sides of temples (tail wig). He is dressed in dark coat, white shirt with high collar around which wide ribbon is wrapped, and jabot.
Tabula Cebetis. Allegorical representation of the path of life as the passage through concentric rings to the temple of happiness on a mountain in the middle. Detailed depiction with countless people and allegorical figures.
Tabula Cebetis. Allegorical representation of the path of life as the passage through concentric rings to the temple of happiness on a mountain in the middle. Detailed depiction with countless people and allegorical figures.
Stoneware jug on a wavy base with an ovoid body and short neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Decorated with twist rings, with the shoulder smoothed out. On it two bands of pressed vertical lines. Raeren.
Stoneware jug on a wavy base with an ovoid body and short neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Decorated with twist rings, with the shoulder smoothed out. On it two bands of pressed vertical lines. Raeren.
Tabula Cebetis. Allegorical representation of the path of life as the passage through concentric rings to the temple of happiness on a mountain in the middle. Detailed depiction with numerous persons and allegorical figures with inscriptions.
Tabula Cebetis
A Jewish wedding. The bridal couple is under the prayer rug, the groom puts the ring on his bride's finger. To the left an old man in a top hat by a burning candle, the wedding guests are standing around the couple.
Jewish wedding
Satirical depiction of Dutch politics around 1620. 'Maurice rings the bell for the cat'. The prince is seated at a table in a landscape, behind him large groups of figures representing the various political movements. On the left the beheading of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt at the Binnenhof in The Hague.
Satirical depiction of Dutch politics around 1619
Porcelain plate with an edge of openwork interlocking rings, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, green, aubergine, black and gold. In the center, two ladies (tall leeks) and a boy (fool) in an enclosed garden near a tree; the wall with a geometric pattern interspersed with a prune branch in a cartouche; curl work on the edge. Edge has been broken. Famille verte.
Plate with two ladies and a boy in a garden, the rim of openwork rings
Finger ring (anguthi) made of gold with filigree appliqué and a cloverleaf inlaid with red and green stones.
Finger ring (anguthi) made of gold with filigree appliqué and a cloverleaf inlaid with red and green stones.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria
  1. The ring
    The body of sporting men who bet on horse races
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States
  1. The ring
    pugilism and the persons connected with it
Quotations
I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
George Foreman
Ludwig Wittgenstein
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Newt Gingrich
In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
Newt Gingrich
Ernest Hemingway
I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.
Ernest Hemingway
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
Amy Vanderbilt
You can't wait for the phone to ring. You have to ring them.
Lord Lew Grade
Idioms

Throw your hat in the ring - If someone throws their hat in the ring, they announce that they want to take part in a competition or contest. 'Toss your hat in the ring' is an alternative.

Who will ring the bell? - 'Who will ring the bell?' asks who will assume the responsibility to help us out of a difficult situation.

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. hring; Ice. hring-r, Ger., Dan., and Sw. ring.

Usage in the news

It was one of the greatest scandals in Olympic history and now Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan are being offered big bucks to settle their grudge -- not on the ice, but in the ring. radaronline.com

He author of the widely read "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," was a man obsessed with the world he had created. nytimes.com

Duluth, MN (Northlands NewsCenter)-- Jim Carlson, the owner of Last Place on Earth is throwing his hat in the ring in the 2012 Presidential election. northlandsnewscenter.com

SEYMOUR — After losing her seat in the state House of Representatives two years ago, Theresa Conroy, a Democrat, has decided to throw her hat into the ring again. acorn-online.com

Originally built for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, these rolling grass hills stood in for the Shire in the three movies. gardendesign.com

Because this post is going to be all about the greatest professional wrestler ever to step into the ring: "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. altoonamirror.com

Just who was the Ray Charles Leonard who climbed into the ring last June against Thomas Hearns. nytimes.com

Violinist Lindsey Stirling's amazing Lord of the Rings medley follows her earlier YouTube hit based on themes from the Legend of Zelda videogame series. ired.com

A Bluffton native son tossed his hat into the ring for a soon-to-be vacated County Council seat at a meeting of the Greater Bluffton Republican Club that featured some of November's crop of candidates. blufftontoday.com

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is one of the foremost reasons that this noble city may catch the ring. nytimes.com

Cory Olsen The Grand Rapids Press Floyd Mayweather could be back in the ring May 5 thanks to his jail term being postponed today in Las Vegas. mlive.com

The actor, who reprises his role as Gandalf in Peter Jackson's prequel to The Lord Of The Rings franchise, stepped in on nanny duties to give Freeman some much-needed time with his wife. ozz.com

Authorities say the ring was believed to have supplied the Sinaloa cartel with guns . greenfieldreporter.com

Some guns purchased by the ring were later found at crime scenes in Mexico and the United States. greenfieldreporter.com

The comic dedicates a week of shows to the "Lord of the Rings" prequel amid the hoopla surrounding his buddy Jon Stewart's beloved "Star Wars.". nbcsandiego.com

Usage in scientific papers

If A is an associative ring with 1, denote by An the ring of al l n × n matrices with entries in A.
Classification of unipotent representations of simple p-adic groups,II

The ring of integers or the ring of polynomials in one variable over any field are examples of PIDs whose ideals are generated by single elements.
Algebraic approach to time-delay data analysis for LISA

Let D be a skew field, we will be interested in the ring S = D(x)h∂ i, which is a ring of differential operators with coefficients in D(x).
Algorithmic proofs of two theorems of Stafford

The natural map Ka,≤wJ → Ka is a ring homomorphism. (ii) If s1 ∈ adG (s2 ) and ai = (si , ζ ) the rings Ka1 , Ka2 are isomorphic.
Induced and simple modules of double affine Hecke algebras

The ring of Colombeau generalized numbers eC can be defined as the Colombeau algebra G (R0 ), or alternatively as the ring of constants in G (Rn ).
Elliptic regularity and solvability for partial differential equations with Colombeau coefficients

Usage in literature

Nicanor, recognizing the ring of Hito's eloquence, halted and waited for what might come. "Nicanor - Teller of Tales" by C. Bryson Taylor

In an instant a dark, cat-like form, rushing down the aisle, sprang into the ring. "The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus" by Horatio Alger Jr.

Czipra drew the ring off her finger and looked closely at it. "Debts of Honor" by Maurus Jókai

On her dying bed she had given the ring to Mrs. Willis. "Red Rose and Tiger Lily" by L. T. Meade

I shall value the ring greatly for your sake. "The Bishop's Secret" by Fergus Hume

He went from one to another, but the ring fitted no one. "Italian Popular Tales" by Thomas Frederick Crane

There is a series of vascular bundles inside the ring which surrounds a large area of the ground tissue. "A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses" by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

She had never seen the ring, nor had she moved from the place where she stood when she entered the room. "The Basket of Flowers" by Christoph von Schmid

How sweet in the telling was the story of the ring, so sad in the experience! "Deerbrook" by Harriet Martineau

The haven there is good, and many a ship 440 Finds wat'ring there from riv'lets on the coast. "The Odyssey of Homer" by Homer

Usage in poetry
That the sons of the king—
Oh, the treason and malice!—
Shall no more ride the ring
In their own native valleys;
"The Downfall Of The Gael" by Samuel Ferguson Author object (594)
Oh, give to us her finer ear;
Above this stormy din,
We, too, would hear the bells of cheer
Ring peace and freedom in.
"The Battle Autumn of 1862" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
Hark! the bell rings sharp and clear,
Other little friends appear;
And no longer all alone
They begin to feel at home.
"First Arrivals" by Kate Greenaway Author object (416)
Gates of Heaven all stood ajar,
Bells of Heaven were ringing,
Angels stood around the gate,
Waiting, watching, singing.
"The Easter Man" by Frank Barbour Coffin
These things I scarcely knew; to-day,
When love is lost and hope is fled,
The song you sang so long ago
Rings in my head.
"To Sylvia" by Amy Levy Author object (34)
I thought that, with each dying year,
As long as life should last
The bells of Cartmel I should hear
Ring out an aged past:
"New Year's Eve, 1913" by Gordon Bottomley