Verb
- Present participle of rime.
Origin
Regular conjugation (rim(e) + -ing).
Origin
First attested in 1822; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives).
Noun
(uncountable)
Origin
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).
Noun
(uncountable)
- The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).
Origin
First attested in 1948; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).
