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noun Prize n. 1.That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. "I will depart my pris, or my prey, by deliberation." "His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won." 2.Hence, specifically; (a)(Law) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. (b)An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. "I'll never wrestle for prize more." "I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize." (c)That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. 3.Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." 4.A contest for a reward; competition. (Obs.) 5.A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. (Written also prise) Prize court, a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. Prize fight, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists, for a stake or wager. Prize fighter, one who fights publicly for a reward; applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. Prize fighting, fighting, especially boxing, in public for a reward or wager. Prize master, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. Prize medal, a medal given as a prize. Prize money, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. Prize ring, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the system and practice of prize fighting. To make prize of, to capture.
Ring n. 1.A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. 2.Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring. "Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring." "The dearest ring in Venice will I give you." 3.A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. "Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contend for glory." 4.An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an institution, the ring was an institution." 5.A circular group of persons. "And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's alter sing." 6.(Geom.) (a)The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. (b)The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. 7.(Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. 8.(Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. 9.A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. "The ruling ring at Constantinople." Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See Ring mail, below, and Chain mail, under Chain. Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel. Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See Dotterel. Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless. Ring fence. See under Fence. Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage. Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth. Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under Micrometer. Saturn's rings. See Saturn. Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel. Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and Palaeornis Alexandri of Java. Ring plover. (Zool.) (b)Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata). Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake (Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red. Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper. Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel. The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively. The ring. (a)The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. (Eng.)
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