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Riming

Rime \Rime\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.] To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

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riming

Etymology 1 vb. (present participle of rime English) Etymology 2

  1. (context rare English) That (l en rime rimes) (''i.e.'', covers with rime or hoar frost) something. Etymology 3

    n. (context Irish English now rare done to wool or yarn English) The (l en action) or (l en process) of (l en dye dying) red-brown by (l en steep steeping) in (l en water) with (l en alder) twigs. Etymology 4

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

WordNet
riming

adj. having corrnesponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" [syn: rhymed, rhyming] [ant: unrhymed]

Usage examples of "riming".

And running through the knifing cold, snowflakes riming his lashes, blinding him, making him think, oddly, of Kathy, his college sweetheart, his wife.

Sweat froze along their backs, riming them, making them into creatures of the winter countryside.

During the night, fog had frozen on the fallen leaves and spiky turf, riming the world in sparkling hoarfrost.

The music was paced at about a hundred beats a minute, Sax calculated, perfect physiological riming for stimulating the heart just a bit.