riming

English

Pronunciation

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)

  1. (rare) That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost. [from early 19th c.]

Noun

riming (uncountable)

  1. gerund of rime: the process of covering with rime or hoar frost. [from mid 20th c.]

Verb

riming

  1. 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)

  1. (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
  1. “riming, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “riming, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. “riming, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.

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