ring-bark
1ring-bark — ringˈ bark transitive verb To strip a ring of bark from • • • Main Entry: ↑ring …
2ring-bark — 1. verb To girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark. Six or eight inches above this graft the stem should be ring barked, but leaves above the ring bark left for shade for two or three weeks […]. 2. noun a) The bark removed by… …
3bark´less — bark 1 «bahrk», noun, verb. –noun. 1. the tough, outside covering of the trunk, branches, and roots of trees and shrubs. 2. = tanbark (def. 1). (Cf. ↑tanbark) 3. cinchona; Peruvian bark. –transitive verb …
4ring — ring1 [riŋ] vi. rang or Now Chiefly Dial. rung, rung, ringing [ME ringen < OE hringan < IE echoic base * ker > RAVEN1, CREAK, L corvus, crow] 1. to give forth a clear, resonant sound when struck or otherwise caused to vibrate, as a bell …
5Ring — Ring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ringed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] 1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle. Ring these fingers. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring …
6Ring-tailed Lemur — Taxobox name = Ring tailed LemurMSW3 Groves|pages=117|id=12100056] status = NT trend = down status system = iucn3.1 status ref = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Primates familia = Lemuridae genus = Lemur genus… …
7ring — ring1 ringless, adj. ringlike, adj. /ring/, n., v., ringed, ringing. n. 1. a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, esp. one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a… …
8ring — I. /rɪŋ / (say ring) noun 1. a circular band of metal or other material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc. 2. anything having the… …
9Ring-tailed Cat — Taxobox name = Ringtail status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Procyonidae genus = Bassariscus species = B. astutus binomial = Bassariscus… …
10ring-barked — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having the periderm in more or less complete concentric layers often with the bark shedding in sheets (as in birch trees) a herd … grazing among the ring barked trees on the slope above Francis Ratcliffe …
