Reverse Dictionary: RING (jewellery)

ADJECTIVES
► FAWNEYED wearing a ring or rings → 1812 sl.
► FAWNEY-FAM’D having one or more rings on the finger → 1812 sl.

NOUNS
► BAGUE a ring; a brooch → 1475 obs.
► BEE a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring →  c1000 obs.
► CHURCH-RING n. a wedding ring → 1856 obs.
► FAM ► FAMM ► FEM ► FEME a ring → 1703 sl.
► FAMBLE a ring → 1688 sl. obs.
► FAMBLE-CHEAT a ring on the hand → 1692 sl. obs.
► FAMBLING-CHEAT a ring → 1566 sl.
► FAM-CHEAT a ring → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAWNEY ► FAWNY ► FORNEY ► FORNY a finger-ring → 1796 sl.
► FAWNEY RIG a common fraud: “a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value → 1796 sl.
► FAWNEY-BOUNCING selling a ring to a victim; the justification for the sale is a supposed wager, which the seller can win only by selling the ring → 1851 sl.
► FAWNEY-DROPPING a common fraud: a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value → 1796 sl.
► GAGE-RING an engagement ring → 1880 Eng. dial.
► GROIN a ring (jewellery) → 1931 sl., chiefly criminals’ usage
► HIGHLAND FLING a (wedding) ring → 20C rhyming sl.
► HOOP a ring (jewellery)→ 1507
► JAM a ring → 1859 Amer. thieves’ sl.
► JEM a gold ring → 1725 cant
► KEEPER a ring that keeps another (esp. the wedding-ring) on the finger → 1851
► MARRYING-RING a wedding-ring → 1504 obs.
► MARTINI a ring → 2002 Brit. sl.
► RUM-GEM a diamond ring → 1896 cant (Bk.)
► SCARVE a ring → L19 sl.
► ST. MARTIN’S RINGS imitation gold rings → 1589 obs.
► TING-A-LING a ring → 1940s Aust. rhyming sl.
► TOURNIQUET an engagement or wedding ring → 1961 US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
► FAMBLE a villain that sells counterfeit rings, etc. → 1673 sl. obs.
► FAMBLER a villain that sells counterfeit rings, etc. → 1725 sl. obs.
► FAWNEY-DROPPER one who practices the ‘fawney-rig’ → M19 UK criminals’ sl.

VERBS
► FLASH A FAWNEY to wear a ring → 1893 sl. (Bk.)