RIMING

rhymed, rhyming, riming

(adjective) having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; “rhymed verse”; “rhyming words”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

riming

present participle of rime

Etymology 2

Adjective

riming (not comparable)

(rare) That rimes (i.e., covers with rime or hoar frost) something.

Etymology 3

Noun

riming (uncountable)

(Irish English, now rare, done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs.

Etymology 4

Noun

riming (uncountable)

The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).

Anagrams

• MRIing, miring

Source: Wiktionary


RIME

Rime, n. Etym: [L. rima.]

Definition: A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Sir T. Browne.

Rime, n. Etym: [AS. hrim; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrim, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rifo, hrifo.]

Definition: White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. De Quincey.

Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.]

Definition: To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

Rime, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: A step or round of a ladder; a rung.

Rime, n.

Definition: Rhyme. See Rhyme. Coleridge. Landor.

Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.

Rime, v. i. & t.

Definition: To rhyme. See Rhyme.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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