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To ~Ride at the ring~, to strive, at full gallop, to carry off, on the point of a rod, a ring suspended on a cross-beam resting on two upright posts, S.
Su. G. _rida till rings_, hastiludium exercere.
RING DANCIS, circular dances, in which the parties frequently join hands, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _ringh-dans_, orbis saltatorius.
RING-SANGIS, tunes adapted to _ring dances_.
_Douglas._
RINGALD, _s._ Crowd.
V. ~Rangald~.
RINGE, _s._ A whisk made of heath, S. corr. from E. _rinse_.
~Ringe-heather~, _s._ Cross-leaved heath, S. B.
RINGIT-QUOY.
V. ~Quoy~.
RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, _adj._ Having a great proportion of white in the eye, S.
_Ruddiman._
From _ring_; or Teut. _ringel-en_, annulo circ.u.mdare.
RINK, RYNK, _s._ A strong man.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _rinc_, vir strenuus, miles.
RINK, _s._ A course.
V. ~Renk~.
To ~Rink~, _v. n._ To scamper about, S. B.
V. ~Renk~.
_Ruddiman._
~Rinker~, ~Rinketer~, _s._ A tall, thin, long-legged horse, S.; q.
_race-horse_.
~Rinkroume~, _s._ Place of tournay.
_Lyndsay_.
RINO, _s._ Ready money, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
RINS, RINNES, RHYNS, _s. pl._ A tract of country on the coast of Galloway, which runs out into the sea.
_Stat. Acc._
Gael. _rinn_, a point, C. B. _rhyn_, id. a cape.
RIOLYSE, _s. pl._ n.o.bles; q. Lat. _regales_.
_Gawan and Gol._
RIOT, _s._ Noise.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _riot_, _riote_, bruit, tapage.
_To_ RYOT, _v. a._ To ravage.
_Barbour._
Isl. _riod-a_, Teut. _ruyt-en_, vastare.
RYOT, _s._ Contest.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _riote_, combat.
