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Rung
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- 1 Of a pig: having a ring through the nose. not-comparable
"[…] he passed by his gate with a decided scowl on his furrowed brow, and grunting and growling like a newly rung pig."
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- 2 one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder wordnet
- 3 A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
"One of its arms was a disabled flail which used to be wielded by Goodman Rigby, before his spouse worried him out of this troublesome world; the other, if I mistake not, was composed of the pudding stick and a broken rung of a chair, tied loosely together at the elbow."
- 4 a crosspiece between the legs of a chair wordnet
- 5 A position in a hierarchy. figuratively
"the lowest rung of the society"
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- 6 A floor timber in a ship. dated
- 7 One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff. dated
- 8 One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel. dated
- 9 One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel. dated
- 1 past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell) form-of, participle, past
- 2 simple past of ring dialectal, form-of, past
"With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung, / Belle Chuck was now the TOAST of ev'ry Tongue."
Etymology
From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Cognate with Dutch rong (“pole, stanchion”), German Runge (“stake, pole, stanchion”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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