ringlessadj.
/ˈrɪŋlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋlᵻs/ Without a ring or rings (in various senses).
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [adjective] > of pheasant
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [adjective] > of fingers: having ring(s) > not
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1789 Brother Tom to Brother Peter 79 No notes, but those of king and queen, Could ever rattle from thy ringless throat.
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 121 In general the common ringless Pheasant has the colours somewhat deeper than the ringed variety.
1872 W. C. Russell Perplexity II. v. 97 My fingers were ringless.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed v. 86 The cool, temperate, ringless hands that he had taken between his own.
1907 Science 6 Sept. 326/1 The expedition..has secured..drawings and photographs of the ringless phase of Saturn, and over 5,000 photographs of Mars.
1962 Times 8 Sept. 11/5 The neck is usually encircled with a single wide neck ring placed one or two inches below the thumb-rest... Ringless toddy lifters are uncommon.
1993 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 160/2 Fernando enjoyed the life of a very desirable bachelor, dating beautiful women and showing everyone his ringless hand.
2005 R. Watling in J. Dighton et al. Fungal Community iv. xliv. 890 One species of such boggy areas that demands special attention in Britain..is Armillaria ecypta, a ringless relative of the honey fungus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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