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unˈringed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. MDu. ongeringet, older Da. uringet.]
Of swine: Not furnished with a nose-ring. (Cf. unrung ppl. a.2)
1510Burgh Rec. Prestwick (Maitl. Club) 42 For þe wrangwis worttyne of þar swyne, & wnryngyt. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. (Arb.) 70 Like rude vnringed swine. 1624in H. Maclean Watermillock Reg. (1908) 157 Sub poena for every swine so unringed iiijd. 1664Butler Hud. ii. ii. 310 Is't fit [it] should..Be forc'd t' impeach a broken hedge, And Pigs unring'd. 1733in Climenson Hist. Shiplake (1894) 307 No person..shall suffer his hogs to go unringed. |