thumb-ringn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumb-ring.

a. A ring formerly worn on the thumb. Often engraved with a seal, or inscribed with a posy.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > for specific positions

finger ring1535

thumb-ring1598

toe-ring1896

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 334 I could haue crept into anie Aldermans thumbe ring .

1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable iv. sig. Fii An Alderman..has no more Wit then the rest oth' bench: what lies in's thumbe-ring.

1714 Spectator No. 614. ⁋8 The large Thumb Ring,..given her by her Husband, quickly recommends her to some wealthy Neighbour.

1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. i. 6 She was..none of your meagre thin Things, which..might have been drawn through an Alderman's Thumb-Ring.

1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 728/1 [article Cuthbert] A plain massive thumb-ring, with a sapphire set in it.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 28 A thumb-ring of unusual magnitude and of costly material.

attributive.1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 28 Instead of well siz'd periods, he greets us with a quantity of thum-ring posies.

b. A ring for the thumb on the guard of a dagger or sword; also each of a pair of rings on the hilt of a dagger by means of which it may be fastened to a staff.

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1891 in Cent. Dict.

c. Archery. (See quot. 1893.)

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > thumb-ring

thumb-ring1893

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Larynx From its Resemblance to a Ring which the Turks put on their Thumb for the drawing of their Bows.]

1893 Smithsonian Rep. 637 Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb in archery by those peoples that use the Mongolian release; called sefin by the Persians.

1907 Payne-Gallwey Projectile-Throwing Engines ii. 12 I can bend a strong bow much easier and draw it a great deal farther with the Turkish thumb-ring than I can with the ordinary European finger-grip.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thumb-ring
释义	thumb-ringn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumb-ring. a. A ring formerly worn on the thumb. Often engraved with a seal, or inscribed with a posy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > for specific positions finger ring1535 thumb-ring1598 toe-ring1896 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 334 I could haue crept into anie Aldermans thumbe ring . View more context for this quotation 1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable iv. sig. Fii An Alderman..has no more Wit then the rest oth' bench: what lies in's thumbe-ring. 1714 Spectator No. 614. ⁋8 The large Thumb Ring,..given her by her Husband, quickly recommends her to some wealthy Neighbour. 1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. i. 6 She was..none of your meagre thin Things, which..might have been drawn through an Alderman's Thumb-Ring. 1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 728/1 [article Cuthbert] A plain massive thumb-ring, with a sapphire set in it. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 28 A thumb-ring of unusual magnitude and of costly material. attributive.1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 28 Instead of well siz'd periods, he greets us with a quantity of thum-ring posies. b. A ring for the thumb on the guard of a dagger or sword; also each of a pair of rings on the hilt of a dagger by means of which it may be fastened to a staff. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. c. Archery. (See quot. 1893.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > thumb-ring thumb-ring1893 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Larynx From its Resemblance to a Ring which the Turks put on their Thumb for the drawing of their Bows.] 1893 Smithsonian Rep. 637 Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb in archery by those peoples that use the Mongolian release; called sefin by the Persians. 1907 Payne-Gallwey Projectile-Throwing Engines ii. 12 I can bend a strong bow much easier and draw it a great deal farther with the Turkish thumb-ring than I can with the ordinary European finger-grip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1598
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