Riming Definition

verb

Present participle of rime.

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adjective

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

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noun

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

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

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Origin of Riming

First attested in 1873; formed as rime (“dye (wool or yarn) by steeping in water with alder twigs”) +‎ -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).

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First attested in 1822; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) +‎ -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives).

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First attested in 1948; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) +‎ -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).

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Regular conjugation (rim(e) + -ing).

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