Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ring containing poison which is intended to be transmitted during the act of shaking hands.
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The other Northmen from the ships joined them, and the fight raged with more fury than ever in the "death-ring," as the Skalds termed it, round the banner
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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