Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[a^]ng) or {Rung}
   (r[u^]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.
   hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.
   ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]
   1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic
      body; as, to ring a bell.

   2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.

            The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath
            rung night's yawning peal.            --Shak.

   3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

   {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of
      bells.

   {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}.

   {To ring in} or {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by
      the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and
      ring in the new. --Tennyson.

   {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing
      the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or
      danger. --Sir W. Scott.

Peal \Peal\, n. [An abbrev. of F. appel a call, appeal, ruffle
   of a drum, fr. appeller to call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}.]
   1. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells,
      thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. ``A fair
      peal of artillery.'' --Hayward.

            Whether those peals of praise be his or no. --Shak.

            And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. --Byron.

   2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the
      diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.

   {To ring a peal}. See under {Ring}.