Rights, certain unalienable claims and privileges, which every individual, civil as well as military, possesses in regulated community. See [Wrongs].
RIGOL. See [Circle].
RING. A circle, an orbicular line.
Ring of an Anchor. That part of the anchor to which the cable is fastened.
RINGS, in artillery, are of various uses; such as the lashing-rings in travelling-carriages, to lash the sponge, rammer, and ladle, as well as the tarpauling that covers the guns; the rings fastened to the breeching-bolts in ship-carriages; and the shaft-rings to fasten the harness of the shaft-horse by means of a pin.
RINGS of a Gun. Circles of metal, of which there are five, viz.
Base-ring, reinforce-ring, trunnion-ring, cornice-ring, and muzzle-ring. See Am. Mil. Lib.
RINGLEADER. The head of any particular body of men acting in a riotous or mutinous manner.
To Ring. To make a sharp reverberating noise.
Ring Ramrod! A word of command which is sometimes used at private inspections, to try the bottom of the barrel of a musquet.