rimeth

Verb (1)

rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)

1. (transitive) To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 or etymology 1, noun sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
   • ―No more ſhall hoary Boreas, iſſuing forth / VVith Eurus, lead the tempeſts of the North; / Rime the pale Davvn, or veil'd in flaky ſhovvers / Chill the ſvveet boſoms of the ſmiling Hours.1791, [Erasmus Darwin], “Canto IV”, in The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts. […], London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, part I (The Economy of Vegetation), page 186, lines 311–314
2. (figuratively, transitive) To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
   • Oh, London, London! […] the mornings silvery gray, and the multitudinous monuments rimed by years, thunder of hoofs in ways without end, and the silence of mighty parks—Bud lay awake in the nights to think of them.1907, Neil Munro, chapter XXXII, in Bud […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 300
3. (intransitive) Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.

Verb (2)

rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)

1. (ambitransitive, archaic) Followed by up: to count (something); to number, to reckon.

   Synonyms:

   enumerate

Verb (3)

rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)

1. (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.
2. (transitive) To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.

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