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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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