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rimy, a.|ˈraɪmɪ|
Forms: 1 hrímiᵹ, 6 rimie, 7 rymie, 6– rimy.
[OE. hrímiᵹ, f. hrím rime n.2 Cf. Fris. rimich, Sw. rimmig, Icel. hrímugr.]
Covered with, abounding in, rime or hoar-frost; accompanied by rime; frosty.
971Blickl. Hom. 209 Wæron norð of ðæm stane awexene swiðe hrimiᵹe bearwas. a1000Gnomic Verses 6 in O.E. Chron. (1892) I. 280 Winter byð cealdost, lencten hrimiᵹost.
1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle Index, Rimy grasse ill for sheep. 1612Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. x. (1634) 38 Trees that appear twice as bigge in a mistie or rymie morning then indeed they are. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 6 The Wood being altogether cover'd with a rimy Frost. 1787–9Wordsw. Evening Walk 356 Rimy without speck, extend the plains. 1824Miss R. Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 12 The sky..throwing out in bold relief the snow-covered roofs of our village, and the rimy trees that rise above them. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede lv, Martin Poyser, looking as cheery as a bright fire on this rimy morning. 1886J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 110 The railings were rusty and rimy. |