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单词 ringling
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ringlingn.1

Brit. /ˈrɪŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈrɪŋɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ringle v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ringle v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The sound made by something ringling; ringing, jingling, tinkling.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun]
ringOE
ringingc1300
ringlinga1398
trongling1398
tinging1495
cling1578
sing-sing1659
tang1669
dingle-dangle1694
chang1788
dingling1822
ding-a-ling1886
clappering1891
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xii. 912 Wormode ystampid..and doon into [þe] eeren destroyeþ tynkelyng and rynglynge.
1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. at Gingling The gingling of glass, ringling of glass.
1787 Times 13 Feb. 4/1 The ringling and jingling of gold upon the counters.
1950 J. Lindsay Fires in Smithfield vi. 220 The ringling of the morris sounded louder on the breeze.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ringlingn.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ringle v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ringle v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of putting a ring in the nose of a pig, esp. to prevent it from rooting.
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1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 21v Yet surelie ringling, is nedefull & good.
1844 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 8 65 The ringling of hogs, as it is called to this day in Norfolk, was a practice well known in Tusser's time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

ringlingadj.

Brit. /ˈrɪŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈrɪŋɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ringle v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < ringle v.1 + -ing suffix2.
Now rare.
Making or suggestive of a jingling noise.
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1607 R. West Court of Conscience sig. Ev Then for a Fether to Black-Friers gate, A sword and dagger, bootes & ringling spurres, Within a weeke the fashion alters, straight.
a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 78 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) Wee ride the freest horse with a spurre,..that the ringling sound of it may excite him.
1857 C. B. Robinson Rural Econ. in Yorks. Gloss. 185 Windle-straw,..A grass..which, when shaken by the wind, has a peculiar whistling or ringling sound, whence one of its present names ‘ringle-straw’.
1937 J. Lindsay in Contemp. Poetry & Prose 9 43 Come you girls with enamelled eyes And leave the ringling din.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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