riming
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: rīʹmĭng, IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
- Hyphenation: rim‧ing
Etymology 1[edit]
From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).[1]
Adjective[edit]
riming (not comparable)
- (rare) That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost. [from early 19th c.]
Noun[edit]
riming (uncountable)
Verb[edit]
riming
- present participle and gerund of rime
Etymology 2[edit]
From rime (“to dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).[2]
Noun[edit]
riming (uncountable)
- (Ireland, rare) gerund of rime: the action or process of dyeing wool or yarn reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs. [from late 19th c.]
References[edit]
- ^ “riming, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “riming, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
- ^ “riming, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
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