riming
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: rīʹmĭng, IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
- Hyphenation: rim‧ing
Etymology 1
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
riming (not comparable)
- (rare) That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
Noun
riming (uncountable)
Verb
riming
- present participle and gerund of rime
Etymology 2
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
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.
References
- ^ “riming, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “riming, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
- ^ “riming, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
