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A cough, sir, which I caught with ringing in the king's affairs upon his coronation-day, sir. Fal. I will take such order that thy friends shall ring for thee. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2. 198. We. shall have no need of Mr. Bowls's kind services. Mr. Bowls, if you please, we will ring when we want you. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xiv. 3. To sound loudly and clearly, like the tone of a bell; be distinctly audible: as, the music still rings in our ears. Thene herde he of that hyze hil... a wonder breme noyse... What! hit wharred, & whette, as water at a mulne, What! hit rusched, & ronge , raw the to here. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2204. Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears. Shak ., R. and J., ii. 3. 74. Ere the sound of an axe in the forest had rung . Whittier, The Merrimack. IMG:content-2320.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2321.png:[blocks in formation] My ears still ring with noise; I'm vext to death, Tongue-killed, and have not yet recovered breath. Dryden, Aurengzebe, ii. 1. With both his ears Ringing with clink of mail and clash of spears, The me enger went forth upon his way.