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▪ I. unˈrung, ppl. a.1 [un-1 8 b + ring v.2] Not sounded by ringing.
1422–61in Cal. Proc. in Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1827) I. Introd. 20 It wer better bell unrogne at þe sauntes tyme þan þe messe unsogne. 1742Blair Grave 53 The Great Bell has toll'd, unrung, untouch'd. ▪ II. unˈrung, ppl. a.2 [un-1 8 b + ring v.1] = unringed ppl. a.
1548Fen Laws in Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 643 No swine were to be put in the fens unrung. 1654in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 191 Swyne that shalbee found unrung. 1707Mortimer Husb. 530 He let his Hogs go into his Orchard unrung. 1727E. Laurence Duty of Steward 125 Paying Ten shillings for each Hog suffer'd to be unrung or unyoked. 1885W. Rye Hist. Norfolk 114 Men were often prosecuted for..keeping unrung pigs, or savage dogs. |