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† joint-ring Obs.
A finger-ring made of two separable halves: = gemel 4, gimmal 1. Cf. the description in Dryden Don Sebastian v. i:
‘Those rings..a curious artist wrought them With joints so close as not to be perceived: Yet are they both each others counterpart; Her part had Juan inscribed, and his had Zaida..and in the midst A heart divided in two parts was placed’.
1604Shakes. Oth. iv. iii. 73 Marry I would not doe such a thing for a ioynt Ring,..nor any petty exhibition. 1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3897/4 Lost or stolen,..a Box,..in which were..3 Rose Stone Rings, 24 Joint Rings. |