▪ I. ringe, n.1 dial.
(rɪndʒ)
Also 8 rindge.
[Later form of renge n.1]
1. A row, line, or long heap of anything.
| 1707 Clergym. Vade-mecum 191 The manner of paying wood in kind is, either..the tenth rindge, or the tenth load of faggot. 1736 Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.), Ringe, wood when it is felled lies in ringes before it is made up into faggots, etc. 1787 W. Marshall E. Norfolk (1795) II. Gloss., Ringes, rows, of hay, quicks, etc. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia 278 Ringe,..a row of plants, or anything else. 1887 Kentish Gloss., Ringe, a long heap in which mangolds are kept for the winter. |
| attrib. 1808 Batchelor Agric. 475 Common ringe or range wood was here used. 1854 A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Rangewood or Ringewood, underwood; which includes the hazel, sallow, and all other brushwood... When offered for sale they are always stacked in Ranges or rows. |
2. (See quot.)
| a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia 278 Ringe, the border, or trimming of a cap, kerchief, or other article of female dress. |
▪ II. ringe, n.2 dial.
[Of obscure origin.]
(See later quots.)
| 1719 Will of J. Hirst (York), A smoothing iron,..a kitt, a ringe,..a morter and pestill. 1736 Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.), Ringe, a large tub with two iron ears, containing 14 or 16 gallons, with which two servants fetch water from a distant place. 1883 Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining, Ringes, (N.), see Cowls. [Wrought-iron water-barrels, or tanks, attached to the winding ropes.] |
▪ III. † ringe
variant of renge v. Obs.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 140 Ase me deð ane cubbel to þe swine þet is to [= too] recchinde, & to ringinde abuten. |
▪ IV. ringe
dial. var. range n. and v., rinse n. and v.; obs. Sc. var. reign v.