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ringling
name 3noun 1
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3VERB + RINGLING
continued, made
RINGLING + NOUN
re
PREP.
than, up
Definitions
name
1
A surname, notably that of a circus owning family.
2
An unincorporated community in Meagher County, Montana, United States, named after John Ringling.
3
A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States, also named after John Ringling.
noun
1
Ringing.
Court. You heard nothing but a ſtroke fall upon the man? No, nothing elſe ; the laſt ſtroke made more ringling than the reſt ; the two firſt ſounded hollow, as if they were upon the bed cloaths.
It is this:—After the descending weight may have unlocked the trap, and it has “ gone off,” that there will not be sufficient power in the mechanism of the bell to keep up a continued ringling for any time; it cannot possibly make any more noise than the quick ring of an ordinary bell, and therefore will not answer the purpose of your alarmists.
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Court. You heard nothing but a ſtroke fall upon the man? No, nothing elſe ; the laſt ſtroke made more ringling than the reſt ; the two firſt ſounded hollow, as if they were upon the bed cloaths.
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It is this:—After the descending weight may have unlocked the trap, and it has “ gone off,” that there will not be sufficient power in the mechanism of the bell to keep up a continued ringling for any
Wiktionary03
The intensely Irish character of the air stimulated me to endeavour that the words should partake of that quality, and the rapid replication of the musical phrases made me strive after as rapid a ring
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