riming
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Regular conjugation (rim(e) + -ing).
Verb
riming
Etymology 2
First attested in 1822; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives).
Adjective
riming (not comparable)
References
“riming, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)
Etymology 3
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
riming (uncountable)
- (Irish English, now rare, done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs.
References
“riming, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)
Etymology 4
First attested in 1948; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).
Noun
riming (uncountable)
- The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).
References
“riming, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)