rang

3 definitions found

rang - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rang \Rang\ (r[a^]ng),
     imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.
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  Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung
     (r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS.
     hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
     ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
     1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
        body; as, to ring a bell.
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     2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
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              The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,
              Hath rung night's yawning peal.       --Shak.
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     3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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     To ring a peal, to ring a set of changes on a chime of
        bells.
  
     To ring the changes upon. See under Change.
  
     To ring in or To ring out, to usher, attend on, or
        celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the
        old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson.
  
     To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing
        the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
        danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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rang - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  RANGE. This word is used in the land laws of the United States to designate 
  the order of the location of such lands, and in patents from the United 
  States to individuals they are described as being within a certain range.