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▪ I. ringle, n.1 Now dial.|ˈrɪŋg(ə)l|
Also α. 5 rengell, 6 ryngle, 7 ringel. β. 6 ringoll, 7 -ol.
[f. ring n.1 + -le 1: cf. G. (and Sw.) ringel. It is not clear whether the word was independently formed in Eng., or adopted from LG.]
1. A metal, esp. iron, ring; in mod. dial. chiefly one for a pig's nose or the harness of horses.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 211 Item, for rengellys and hokys, vj. lb. ix.d. 1531MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Paid for a ryngle to a cythe, j d. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. IV. 846 Manie great ringles were fastened to the same tower for that purpose. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. c ij b/2 This pipe must have a little ringle, whereby we might hould faste the same. 1692R. L'Estrange Josephus, Antiq. iii. vi. (1733) 63 Pins.., which with the Help of Cords that pass'd through the Ringles, bound the whole Frame together. 1705Lond. Gaz. No. 4149/4 A bright grey Mare,..ringled behind with 3 Ringles. 1784tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 26 The body⁓guard of eunuchs was detached to..prepare ringles for the lines to keep off the crowd. a1825–in dial. glossaries (E. Anglia, Kent, Sussex). 1855N. & Q. 1st Ser. XII. 487/1 They inserted a staff through the ‘ringle’..in the lid of the chest. 1892Auctioneer's Catal. (Kent), Plough harness and ringles for 2 horses.
†b. A door-ring, used also as a knocker. Obs.
1639Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. xlix. §540 Stand still in the entry..and then knock at the iron ringel. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche vi. cxcviii, Through these pass'd Pity to a door of Jet, Whose wary ringle round was cloth'd in wool. 1707Clergym. Vade-mecum 70 If the church-key cannot be had, 'tis sufficient that the clerk take hold of the ringle of the door.
2. An annular part; a circle.
The context of quot. 1653 makes it certain that the use of the word was suggested by rigol in Shakes. 2 Hen. IV.
α1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 26 b/1 The skinn of the third or fourth ringle of the throte. 1629Descr. S'hertogenbosh 12 It is the biggest and fairest part, hauing in his ringle the great S. John's Church. 1660S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 152 Never did I read or see in so small a piece of work so many Ringles and Rounds as T.D. makes and runs in.
β1599Nashe Lenten Stuff 58 The ringoll or ringed circle was compast and chalkt out, and the king of fishes..conjured to appeare in the center of it. 1653Codrington in Lloyd Marrow of Hist. 2 The Crown is the onely object of all great Spirits, not considering what cares hang round about the ringols of it. 1654― tr. Iustine xxviii. 367 He understood well enough the ringols in that envyed Crown, and the weight of it..by his labours and his dangers.
▪ II. ˈringle, n.2 Sc.
[f. ringle v.2]
A ringing or jingling sound.
1839Moir Mansie Wauch (ed. 2) xxii. 269 We observed, from the curious ringle, that one of the naig's fore-shoon was loose. 1894W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin xxv, The ringle o' the crystal..was the signal for me.
▪ III. ˈringle, v.1 Now dial.
[f. ringle n.1 Du. ringelen and G. ringeln are used in the same senses.]
1. trans. = ring v.1 6. Hence ˈringling vbl. n.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 75 Ringle thy hog, or looke for a dog. 1575Turberv. Venerie 191 To see yong pigges well ringled when they are yong. 1580Tusser Husb. 18 b, Yet surely ringling is needeful and good. c1700Kennet in MS. Lansd. 1033, fol. 323 To ringle Hogs, Kent, to put iron rings in their noses. 1838Holloway Prov. Dict., To ringle, to put Ringles into the snouts of hogs. 1867Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Ser. ii. III. ii. 533 They are then sold..to the larger farmers to ‘shack’ upon the barley or oat stubbles, while the ‘swine well ringled’ are put upon the wheat ones. 1887in Kent. Gloss.
fig.1596Nashe Saffron Walden Ep. Ded., So to ringle a thorough hayre for rooting, that it shall neuer put foorth his snayles hornes againe.
†2. = ring v.1 7. Obs.
1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1156/4 A bright bay Mare..; she hath some time been ringled. 1705Ibid. No. 4149/4 A bright grey Mare,..ringled behind with 3 Ringles.
▪ IV. ˈringle, v.2 Now dial.
[f. ring v.2 + -le 3. Cf. NFris. ringeln, Da. ringle, Norw. ringla, Icel. hringla.]
intr. To ring or jingle.
a1617Bayne Lect. (1634) 78 Wee ride the freest horse with a spurre,..that the ringling sound of it may excite him. 1643G. Wither Campo-Musæ 3 He..Comes not and ringles at the doore with feare; But knocks.
1819Rich Gall. Poems 67 The Knives an' forks wad ringle. 1857[see ringle-straw]. 1863Barnes Dorset Gloss. s.v., I heard the glass ringle when the window wer a-broke. 1880W. Cornw. Gloss. s.v., The bells are ringling all day long.
▪ V. † ˈringle, v.3 Obs.—0
(See quot.)
1648Hexham ii, Ringen, to Ringle, or to Wrestle. |