rimn.1
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/ 1.
a. The edge, verge, border, or margin of something. In later use chiefly with reference to objects with a more or less continuous outer edge or border, esp. where this has a more or less circular form. Also figurative.Frequently in compounds in Old English and early Middle English, as day-, sea-, wood-rim, etc.: see the first element.Apparently rare between the late 13th and 16th centuries. The later reappearance of the sense may have been partly by extension of sense 3.Pacific Rim: see Pacific adj.2 and n.2 Compounds.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > of something round
rimeOE
ringa1350
roundel?a1425
engirting1599
umstroke1650
the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > edge or limit of
rimeOE
skirt1598
bush-line1889
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border > of something circular
rim1667
eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 38/2 Crepido, rimo.
eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 93 Crepido, rima.
eOE Royal Psalter cxxxviii. 9 Habitauero in postremo maris : ic wunie on ende uel riman sæs.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1122 Þæt fir hi seagon in ðe dæirime, and læste swa lange þat hit wæs liht ofer eall.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 372 Ich eou wlle leden forð to mine lauerde i þon wode-rime þer he vnder rise lið.
a1576 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 140/1 Rima, the brimme of a vesselle. Lanc., the rimme.
1664 S. Blake Compl. Gardeners Pract. 143 Get your glasses,..then clap them down, the rim of them makes a mark, within that circle put a dozen or more of seeds.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 437 The Sight of the Quadrant being slid along the Rimb of it.
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. i. xlviii. 165 A Wooden plug,..furnished with a Rimme or Lip.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 112 The Verge or Rime of the outward Ear seem'd to be crimp'd.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mushroom The rims of the tender umbels in these kinds clap themselves quite close to the stalks.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 335 Anthers forming a hollow cylinder as long as the floret, with 5 teeth at the rim.
1817 J. Keats I stood Tip-toe 113 The moon lifting her silver rim Above a cloud.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xiv. 324 A narrow rim of the broad flat exterior part of each lobe is turned inwards.
1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 137 The disc [becomes] a spherical bowl, whose rim is a circle at right angles to the axis.
1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 162 The policeman laid his hand on the rim of the right driving-door.
1953 P. Gallico Foolish Immortals xxv. 146 He scrambled up onto the rim of the gorge.
1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble i. 7 He took a sharp curve at close on eighty, skidded sideways..and straightened out..on the rim of disaster.
1988 G. McCaughrean Pack of Lies i. 9 Mrs Povey stirred her tea till it slopped over the rim of the cup.
2005 W. Deverell April Fool xx. 238 They watch Ambassador Lansana kneel at the rim of the pool.
b. A discernibly distinct outer edge, edging, or border forming part of an object, as the brim of a hat, the fringe of a shawl, the flat outer part of a soup plate, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > outer edge
fringea1639
rim1662
out-edge1760
1662 S. Pepys Diary 21 July (1970) III. 142 Silver dishes and plates..in the edge or rim of which was placed..gold medalls.
1710 P. Lamb Royal Cookery 37 You may dish it up after the same Manner, if you have no Terreyné-Dish, with a good Rim to hold the Liquor in.
?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 29/1 Bruarts, the rim or brim of a Hat.
1773 Archaeologia 2 39 It [sc. a bracelet] is..composed of three hoops soldered together, with a narrow rim or border, somewhat ornamented, at both openings.
1825 J. Smith Month France & Switzerland 211 A broad rim of white silk with gilt fleurs-de-lis goes round the bottom of the canopy.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iii. 30 One little boy complained..that there was no rim to his plate.
1896 Daily News 19 Dec. 6/4 A rim of chinchilla finished the edges of this novel sleeve.
1910 Times 7 Feb. 10/4 Ample scarves of velvet bordered with a narrow rim of fur.
1961 L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Pottery, Porcelain & Glass 28 Shaving-dishes with a segment out of the rim.
2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane ii. 40 His nose..protruded beyond the rim of his hat.
c. The furthest visible edge of the sea, a range of hills, etc.; the horizon. Also figurative: the uttermost limit of knowledge, experience, etc.
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the world > the earth > region of the earth > horizon > [noun]
horizonc1374
horizontal1555
rim1712
weather-gleam1802
skyline1815
sea-horizon1822
verge1822
sea-line1880
sea-rima1881
1712 E. Wells Young Gentleman's Astron., Chronol., & Dialling i. ix. 124 32 Points of the Compass, set down also on the outward Rim of the Horizon.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 144 The blue rim where skies and mountains meet.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 158 Across the hills, and far away Beyond their utmost purple rim.
1850 B. Taylor Eldorado i. i. 3 The far rim of the horizon seemed as if it would never break into an uneven line.
1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ ii. 97 The desolate and unpeopled unknown which lies beyond the rim of our life.
1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) xiv. 502 Having exhausted science and reached its very rim.
1956 Pop. Mech. May 101 Frigid polar night, which begins to settle as the sun skids around the rim of the horizon in late February.
1990 M. Strand Continuous Life 19 The evening dimmed and darkened Until the western rim of the sky took on The purple look of a bruise.
d. A narrow strip or margin of land.Almost always with reference to land which forms some kind of edge or boundary.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun]
brerdc1000
hemc1200
barmc1340
cantc1375
margina1382
boardc1400
borderc1400
brinkc1420
edgea1450
verge1459
brim1525
rind1530
margent1538
abuttal1545
marge1551
skirt1566
lip1592
skirt1598
limb1704
phylactery1715
rim1745
rand1829
the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > forming border
skirt1599
rim1864
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > field systems > border or boundary of field
loaning-dike1383
hade?1523
shawa1563
rim1864
tree-limit1934
1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis ii. 40 We travelled upon this narrow Rim, with a frightful Precipice on each side of us, for the space of three hundred yards.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 58 Where the brook Vocal, with here and there a silence, ran By sallowy rims.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xv. 254 Inside the rim of land there is a shallow lake or lagoon.
1900 J. B. Bury Hist. Greece ii. 99 Cymaeans and Chalcidians planted Zancle on a low rim of land, which resembles a reaping-hook and gave the place its name.
1955 V. W. von Hagen Highway of Sun xiii. 231 The mules..seemed..to thrive on the meager rim of land.
2002 R. O. Butler Fair Warning 83 I looked out to where she looked: a flat, slate-gray stretch of water, a rim of faraway land.
e. A mark or stain formed around the edge of something.
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1852 Floricultural Cabinet Mar. 54 The blossoms are of a bright blue outside, tinged with rose inside, and a lighter rim around the throat.
1904 Ophthalmol. Oct. 105 The chip had entered through the sclera and could be seen..surrounded by a narrow rim of blood.
1929 Pointer (Riverdale, Illinois) 22 Nov. 4/3 Such dirty towels, and a rim around the bath tub, and never any hot water, soap or service.
1988 I. Colegate Deceits of Time (1990) 22 She noticed a rim of coffee stain above his upper lip.
2007 C. Sheehan-Miles Republic xxii. 177 Morris, his face pale, dark rims around his eyes, spoke up.
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > surface of
bosomOE
rima1400
brima1552
water plane1719
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4779 (MED) He sagh a-pon þe watur reme [a1400 Fairf. þe wateres reme] Caf flettand dunward [with] þe strem.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 106 In the hotest Summer weather, they swimme with the ryme of the water; and in the Winter, keepe the depth.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xix. 45 The Sword fish placeth himselfe vnder the belly of the Whale, and the Thresher vpon the Ryme of the water.
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 108 In a warm clear day the small Flye at the rim of the Water is best; In a Cloudy day, Gentles or Cadis two foot under the Water.
1726 Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 260 The Female [whale]..turns herself almost upon her Back, upon the Rim of the Water.
1887 J. T. Brown in G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 264 If the whale is swimming ‘top-water’, the harpooner has a better target to dart at; but if swimming under the ‘rim of the water’,..he must make the best use of his time.
3.
a. The peripheral portion or outer ring of a wheel. Cf. wheel-rim n. at wheel n. Compounds 1a(a).Generally used of the outermost part of the main body of the wheel, and not including the tyre which may surround this.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > rim
felloeeOE
rim1440
rowelc1440
wheel-rim1513
shroud1576
wheel-ring1766
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rim
felloeeOE
rim1440
wheel-rim1513
sole?1523
wheel-ring1766
tire1782
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Rym, of a whele, timpanum.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1850 (MED) We riden on þe rime [Trin. Dublin reme] & on þe ringe seten, Of þe qwele of Fortoun.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 162 The payntit povne..Kest vp his taill, a provd plesand quheil rym.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 263/1 Rymme of a whele or stabbe, peav.
1661 T. Salusbury tr. Galileo Syst. World in Math. Coll. & Transl. I. 172 You know..the reason why grave bodies sticking to the rim of a wheele, swiftly moved, are extruded and thrown beyond the circumference.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 331/1 The Cart Wheel hath the Rim set with round Nails.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Rim, in a Watch or Clock, is the Circular part of the Ballance thereof.
1750 Wonders Nature & Art I. ii. iv. 178 [He] draws a Thread with a Hook, and having fasten'd it on the Rim of a Wheel, he turns it.
1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xvii. 481 For this purpose, a wheel without a rim, or, to speak with more propriety, a number of spokes fixed in a nave should be employed.
1805 W. Felton Treat. Carriages (ed. 3) I. 129 The patent..wheel, has the rim of one entire piece.
1873 J. Richards Operator's Handbk. 140 Procure pulleys of 30 to 36 inches diameter with 8 inches face, the rims heavy and turned true inside and out.
1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Dec. 474/2 A fairly deep rim is important. Whether the advantage of the hollow rim is paid for or not should depend a great deal on the character of the general riding.
1910 H. M. Hobart Dict. Electr. Engin. Brake shoe, a cast-iron or wooden block which is pressed against the rim of a car wheel..to retard the motion of the car.
1951 S. H. Bell December Bride iii. vi. 250 The spokes and rims [of the bicycle] twinkled in the sunlight.
1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 27 Mar. 8/2 Jackknifing of the upper torso onto the steering wheel rim could lead to serious injuries.
2009 Miami Herald (Nexis) 19 Feb. 8 The rims and tires were taken off a 2006 Ford..and the car was left mounted on bricks.
b. The hoop-shaped rigid outer frame of various objects (now most commonly a drum, esp. a side drum).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > annular quality > ring > forming outer part of circular thing
ringa1350
verge1573
rim1613
1613 Haddington Burgh Rec. 10 Feb. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Robert..efter breking the touns drum caist it fra him and brak the rim.
1660 Rates of Merchandise 31 Ryms for Sives.
1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 122 The sand, earth and other dross, flows over the rimme of the sierce with the water.
1727 S. Hales Veg. Staticks vi. 262 By means of narrow hoops I placed four Diaphragms of flannel..into the broad rim of a sieve.
1799 W. Nicholson tr. C. Pajot des Charmes Art bleaching Piece-goods iv. 30 Hooked together at their two extremities, or else, by simply fixing a broad wooden rim, like that of a sieve, round the bottom.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 281 A wheat-riddle of wood..with an oak rim.
1882 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 18 626 The bottom of the churn is..driven into position, rendering it nearly impossible for the rim or hoop to be knocked off.
1976 New Yorker 8 Mar. 108/3 He would hit the snare directly, or hit the snare-head and the rim (a rim shot).
2000 Independent on Sunday 1 Oct. (Reality section) 14/1 The percussionist..hits the rim of a normal drum or one made of plastic, producing a clicking sound.
c. Any object having the form of a circular hoop. Now rare.Formerly also (English regional (northern)): a child's hoop (obsolete).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular object
wheela900
roundc1500
rotonda1711
rim1720
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. ii. xx. 117/1 It is a Rim or Circlet of Gold, very richly adorned with large Diamonds curiously set.
1790 R. Stack Fair Expos. Princ. Whig Club 41 That would be a better kind of nonsense, if applied merely to a rim of gold and a cross of rubies.
1829 J. Roby Trad. Lancs. in Gentleman's Mag. (1830) Apr. 329/2 On his head he wore a coronet or rim of gold, enriched with jewels.
1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xiii. iii. 18 He besought the king to crown his brother Henry with that golden rim.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 191 A child's hoop, used as a plaything, is called a rim.
1914 C. W. Russell Poems 37 The gold rim on thy languid arm, The whiteness of that small white glove.
1957 E. H. Kantorowicz King's Two Bodies vii. 341 There cannot be the slightest doubt but that ‘Crown’ indicated something more general than the gold rim adorning the king's head.
d. plural. That part of the frame of a pair of spectacles which surrounds the lenses. Cf. wire-rim n. and adj. (a) at wire n.1 Compounds 2a.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > other parts of spectacles
bow1711
frame1729
rims1766
earpiece1824
side glass1830
nosepiece1866
temple1877
nose1895
nose-bridge1923
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 119 We have..only got a groce of green spectacles, with copper rims.
1836 Metrop. Mag. 15 440 Mr. Falck almost rubbed the glasses out of the rims of his spectacles.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vi. 48 Mr Wegg, in fitting on his spectacles, opened his eyes wide, over their rims, and tapped the side of his nose.
1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iv. 147 He pauses quietly to take out and put on his spectacles, which have gold rims.
1937 J. Squire Honeysuckle & Bee i. 24 They certainly wouldn't swallow my yarn at a ‘Spike’ if I turned up in tortoiseshell rims.
1955 Times 17 May 10/4 Peering with twinkling eyes over the rims of his glasses, and beaming impishly, Sir Winston Churchill said he was sorry for Mr. Attlee.
2009 Daily Democrat (Woodland, Calif.) (Nexis) 21 Feb. Jimenez..was sporting glasses that had bright-blue rims and lime-green earpieces.
e. Nautical. A railing around the edge of a platform at the head of a lower mast.
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Rim or Brim, a name given to the circular edge of any of the tops.
1881 Naval Encycl. 812/2 A lining-cloth sewed to the after side of a topsail to protect it from chafing at the rim of the top.
1909 A. Langford Voy. Wenonah xxii. 403 The topmast rigging comes down to the upper side of the top near the rim.
2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) i. 29 The semicircular platform was laid on iron supports..providing a better angle for the topmast rigging, which was attached to the rim of the top.
f. Nautical. = pawl rim n. at pawl n.1 Compounds.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan > part of device to prevent recoil
whelp1356
pawl1610
pawl rim1821
rim1831
1831 Vocabulario Maritimo 106/1 in T. O'Scanlon Diccionario Marítimo Español Rims,..ruedas de hierro en que afirman los linguetes de algunos cabrestantes.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 141 Rims,..a cast-iron frame in which the dropping palls of a capstan traverse and bring up the capstan.
1987 P. Goodwin Constr. & Fitting Eng. Man of War (2006) v. 153/1 The inner and outer rims were 5in and 6in respectively, the ratchet stops being of the same heights.
4. Scottish regional (Orkney). A rocky ridge or strip of ground, esp. on the seabed.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > rocky undersea tract
foul bottom1598
foul ground1598
rim1795
scar1823
sunker1896
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 315 As to rocks, we have three of what we call rims, which are generally occupied by our fishermen as their best fishing grounds..; the rim shoals deepen from 20 to 40 fathom, or upwards.
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 92 Rim, a rocky bottom in the sea.
1929 H. Marwick Orkney Norn 142/1 Rim, a ridge or strip of rocks or rocky ground.
1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Rim, a strip of rocks or rocky grounds in the sense of an elevated ridge in the sea.
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1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 84 The upper stool [of the quarter-gallery] is hollowed away, or made like a rim, to give more height.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 141 Rims, those pieces which form the quarter galleries between the stools.
6. U.S. = rimrock n. 1, 2.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > rim-rock
rimrock1856
rim1869
rimrock1898
1869 J. Anderson Cariboo Songs 1 He hammers at the rock, Believin' it's a rim, When ten to ane 'tis naething But his fancy's whim.
1908 W. R. Crane Gold & Silver v. 384 The channel sides called ‘rim-rock’ consist of the same material as the bed-rock or floor of the channel, and it is through the rims and often even below the level of the channels, that the tunnels must be driven.
1946 Notes Placer-mining (Brit. Columbia Dept. Mines Bull. No. 21) 21 The first shallow diggings gave way to..sniping operations along the rims or on weathered bed-rock.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 8- d/4 (advt.) Between the rims, comfortable, pleasant and quiet 2 and 3 bedroom duplex.
1997 R. Laxalt Dust Devils vi. 46 The bare walls of rock below the rim were pockmarked with holes that served as caves for the small varmints of the desert.
7. U.S. slang. Originally: the outer edge of the (typically semicircular or horseshoe-shaped) copy desk in a newspaper office, at which copyreaders work. Later (now chiefly): (figurative) the copyreading department or team in a newsroom. Cf. slot n.2 2c.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun] > parts of
fall1788
roller top1811
loper1833
pedestal1866
roll-top1886
rim1923
desktop1929
1923 W. G. Bleyer Newspaper Writing & Editing (rev. ed.) i. 10 The copy-desk is semicircular in form, and the head copy-reader sits in the ‘slot’, or inside of the desk, while the copy-readers occupy places around the outside, or ‘rim’.
1946 N.Y. Times 27 May 22/4 Some of them weary of this excitement [sc. the job of a reporter]..and take a chair on the rim of a copy desk, where their maturity and judicious qualities are of value.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 2 Oct. 4/2 At 9:05 p.m., Crimson President Jim Kramer hurries over to the rim, where Managing Editor Margaret Shapiro is marking copy.
1989 Righting Words 3 8/1 The end of the shift will come earlier for the senior editor than for the rest of the rim.
2008 Life Sci. Weekly (Nexis) 7 Oct. 332 When I originate a piece of writing for Nightly News, it is then seen by four other adults on what we call ‘the rim’ out here in the newsroom.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
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1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 243 The fly-wheel is 25 feet in diameter, 15 inches broad on the rim-face.
1898 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 33 342 The disk was driven by a gas engine at 1,700 revolutions per minute, corresponding to a rim velocity of over 50 meters per second.
1913 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 3 i. 133 Most [bowls] had a rim diameter of 14·5 cm. and a base diameter of 8 cm.
1936 W. R. Wedel Introd. Pawnee Archeol. 72 An analysis of 191 rim sherds collected from this site..yielded the following results.
2002 Woodworker's Jrnl. June 14/1 The six rim segments are called ‘felloes’.
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rim band n. now chiefly historical (in a spinning mule) the band or belt by means of which drive is transmitted from a rim wheel to the spindles.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > band or strap
wheel-banda1656
band1706
strap1790
rim band1831
mill band1858
1831 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2nd Ser. 5 333 He placed upright pullies in the carriage with nicks to carry six or eight spindles, with the rim-band passing over a pulley upon the vertical shaft.
1890 J. Nasmith Mod. Cotton Spinning Machinery xi. 184 Over this the endless cord or band driving the spindles is passed—being known as the ‘rim band’.
1970 H. Catling Spinning Mule ix. 163 Minders naturally spared neither trouble nor expense to keep their rim bands in the best possible condition.
rim brake n. a brake operating on the rim of a wheel.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > brake or braking apparatus > types of
handbrake1841
rubber1850
air brake1857
disc brake1865
power brake1865
hydraulic brake1874
vacuum-brake1875
rim brake1876
drum brake1882
sand brakea1884
calliper brake1904
rheostatic brake1920
callipers1972
1876 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 June (advt.) No unreliable gears, ratchets, clutches, springs, rim-brakes, nor other flimsy traps to get out of repair.
1893 Chicago Exhib., Catal. Brit. Section 187 The ‘never fail’ continuous rim brake for cycles.
1974 Listener 14 Feb. 212/2 The effectiveness of rim brakes is reduced..in wet weather.
2008 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. 1 f The disc brakes provide better stopping power than conventional rim brakes.
rim cap n. a partial cover for the mechanism of a watch, extending around the rim of the case but leaving some of the mechanism exposed.
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1865 Victoria Police Gaz. 22 June 243/2 Stolen.., a gold open-faced lever watch,..no maker's name, rim cap, no seconds hand, gold chain attached.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 47 The rim cap encloses the space between the plates or frame [of a watch].
2009 www.antiquewatchstore.com 5 May (O.E.D. Archive) 20-size fullplate fusee movement jewelled to the 3rd wheel, the frame stamped T+S, with rim cap.
rim drive n. a method of driving a turntable, wheel, etc., by applying motive force at the rim rather than the centre.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > turntable > method of driving
rim drive1935
1935 Electronics Dec. 50/2 A professional recording machine... Weight 125 lb., turntable disk 16 in. in diameter, with rim drive.
1937 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 9 458 The accepted types of clarifier mechanisms, either center or rim drive, are satisfactory from this viewpoint.
1981 Industr. Archaeol. Rev. 5 194/2 A pitchback water wheel, about 17 ft 6 in. diameter and 3½ ft wide with a rim drive.
1995 A. J. Millard Amer. on Rec. x. 191 The introduction of the idler wheel or rim drive [for phonograph turntables] in 1938 marked a step towards more simplicity and lower cost.
rim-driven adj. (of a turntable, wheel, etc.) driven by rim drive.
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1941 Pop. Mech. Aug. 136/2 This unit includes a constant-speed motor, a heavy rim-driven turn-table, an 8-ohm magnetic cutting head with lead screw mechanism and a crystal playback pickup.
2005 Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky) (Nexis) 27 May EB [= Electric Boat] has proposed such concepts as a rim-driven propeller or electric motor pods placed at key locations outside the hull.
rim ignition n. the method of ignition used in rimfire cartridges (see rimfire adj.); frequently attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of cartridge
central fire1841
centre-fire1855
Greener1856
pin-fire1867
rimfire1867
rim ignition1867
Flobert1890
belted1916
magnum1935
1867 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 10 May 402/2 The advantages of central fire over rim ignition which, in theory, are no doubt maintainable, are not found so in practice.
1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 19 The comparative merits of central-fire and rim-ignition cartridges.
1934 Brit. Patent 410,975 2/1 At present mostly the long rifle .22 calibre rim ignition cartridge is used for miniature ammunition practice.
1996 U.S. Patent 5,492,065 9 The cartridge..can be used both for firing devices with rim ignition and for firing devices with central ignition.
rim iron n. now rare (a piece of) iron intended to form the rim of a wheel.
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1840 Mechanics' Mag. 5 Dec. 539/1 A faggot of wrought iron bars are worked and..drawn out..into the state of rim iron.
1858 U.S. Patent 19,478 1/2 The tire or rim iron is first rolled out in the required form.
2003 Morning Star (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 28 Feb. 1 Forge wheels by building a lighter wood fire beneath three bricks, bending rim irons an inch smaller than the wheel circumference to fit tight.
rim light n. Photography and Film light which creates a halo effect, such as that obtained by rim lighting; a light placed so as to create this.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > rim light
rim light1940
1940 W. Nurnberg Lighting for Photogr. iv. 105 The greatest luminosity in a rim-light picture is obviously always the main light produced by the basic illumination.
1948 W. Nurnberg Lighting for Portraiture ii. 84 A combination of basic cross lighting..supplemented by a rim light on the near side, is bad.
1977 J. Hedgecoe Photographer's Handbk. 94 Generally it is advisable to reveal some detail in the rest of the face by using frontal light. This should be soft, shadowless and less intense than the rim light.
2004 C. Illg & G. Illg Dynamic Wildlife Photogr. iii. 25 When the sun is low in the sky, back light will often outline your subject with a brilliant rim light.
rim lighting n. (originally) the placing of a light source behind the dial of an instrument in an aircraft cockpit in such a way that light emerges around the rim, thus enabling the instrument to be read at night; (later chiefly Photography and Film) backlighting used to create the appearance of a halo of light in a similar way.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > rim light > illumination by
rim lighting1937
1937 Aircraft Year Bk. xv. 396 Development work was continued on the Kollsman rim lighting system of lighting instruments for night flying.
1940 W. Nurnberg Lighting for Photogr. iii. 61 If we now move the light source horizontally we obtain side-lighting, and when continuing this movement rim-lighting.
1971 Listener 11 Nov. 671/2 The Fonda film has everything:..minimal rim-lighting, fancy focus-pulls.
2008 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 7 June I..added rim lighting to the backs of their heads to make them stand out from a dark background.
rim lock n. a lock which is fitted to the surface of a door, cabinet, etc., rather than recessed into the body of it (cf. mortise lock n. at mortise n. Compounds).
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1731 Catal. Libraries T. Brathwaite & T. Brathwaite 115 80. A rim Lock.
1774 W. Perry Book-keeping by Single Entry. Waste-bk. 8 in Man of Business 1 six inch two bolt brass knob rim lock.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 218 8-inch Scotch made iron rim-lock for back-door.
1991 Which? Nov. 610/1 If you're fitting a mortice lock which is Kitemarked to BS 3621,..you don't need to pay the extra for a rim lock.
rim man n. U.S. slang (now rare) a newspaper copyreader (cf. sense 7).
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society > communication > journalism > journalist > editor of journal or newspaper > [noun] > sub-editor
sub-editor1811
sub1822
rim man1923
slot man1928
1923 W. G. Bleyer Newspaper Writing & Editing (rev. ed.) xi. 294 The head copy reader..sits at the inside of the desk.., while the copy readers, or ‘rim-men’, sit around the outer edge, or ‘rim’, of the desk.
1961 Chicago Tribune 1 Oct. i. 3/1 A ‘rim man’ is the copyreader who edits stories and writes headlines.
2003 R. F. Smith & L. M. O'Connell Editing Today (ed. 2) ii. 25 Copy editors sat on the outside rim of the desk, so they became rim men (women editors were rare in those days).
rim shaft n. now chiefly historical (in a spinning mule) the shaft upon which a rim wheel is mounted.
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1831 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2nd Ser. 5 343 Keeping them [sc. the wheels] always in gear with a loose clutch between the two wheels on the rim shaft.
1896 Econ. Jrnl. 6 21 Give the revolutions of the rim shaft per minute.
1954 W. A. Hanton Mech. for Textile Students 70 Before backing-off, the rim shaft of a spinning mule has to be brought to rest, in 1·5 seconds, from a speed of 960 r.p.m.
1970 H. Catling Spinning Mule v. 73 In early mules the rim shaft was mounted parallel to the rollers.
rimshot n. (in playing a snare drum) a drum stroke in which the stick strikes the rim and the head of the drum simultaneously.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > [noun] > stroke on drum > types of stroke
flam1796
brush-work1868
drag1927
rimshot1934
1934 E. Little Mod. Rhythmic Drumming 25 A characteristic feature of rhythmic drumming is the rim-shot. This is the effect obtained by striking the snare drum head and the edge of the counter hoop simultaneously.
1977 J. Wainwright Do Nothin' viii. 133 The right stick is used for the fireworks: for the rimshots, for the off-beats, for the roll-work.
2006 Mod. Drummer Nov. 138/2 Are you hitting in the center of the drum, or are you hitting rimshots?
rimstone n. Geology a thin deposit of calcite forming a dam round the rim of an overflowing basin or evaporating pool of water, typically found in caves.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > thin layer > [noun] > calcite formed by overflow
rimstone1930
1930 W. M. Davis in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 41 485 Rimstone has been added to the list to name calcareous deposits formed around the rims of overflowing basins.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1051/1 Rimstone dams greater than 40 feet in height are known.
2002 T. Pinchuck et al. Rough Guide S. Afr. (ed. 3) 622 The main focus of attention are the extraordinary stalactites, stalagmites and rimstone pools to be found in a huge underground chamber.
rim wheel n. now chiefly historical (in a spinning mule) a large wheel from which drive is transmitted to the spindles by means of a belt or band around its rim, and which also acts as a flywheel.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > parts of
mendoza1803
faller1807
headstock1825
rim wheel1827
traveller1830
ring spindle1837
carrying comb1844
whirler1860
coiler1873
breaking-frame1875
nosing motion1883
tube1884
weigh-box1884
check-band1892
presser eye1892
thread-board1892
1827 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 13 310 The fast pulley..causes the main-axle, and with it the rim-wheel c, to revolve, and a band from the rim-wheel passing round the pulley d..turns that likewise.
1836 A. Ure Cotton Manuf. Great Brit. II. 170 When the rim-wheel has made one complete turn, the front roller has made only six-tenths of a revolution.
1894 J. Lister Cotton Manuf. vi. 54 The main shaft drives the spindle by the rim wheel.
1950 J. W. Radcliffe Woollen & Worsted Yarn Manuf. xxv. 351 (caption) Fast and loose pulleys, rim wheels for driving spindles, and the backing-off friction.
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rimn.2
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/, Scottish English /rɪm/ Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern and midlands).† 2. A white film or web on the cornea of the eye. Obsolete.† 3. Apparently: flesh. (In quot. with reference to the creation of Eve.) Obsolete. rare.
1. † a. A membrane; a thin layer of skin or tissue. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun]
rimeOE
hameOE
skina1398
caul1398
shrine1398
tunicle1398
panniclea1400
pelliculea1400
slougha1400
membrane?a1425
pellicle?a1425
pellet?1440
enfolder1545
kell1545
involucre1578
skinlet1598
striffena1612
swathe1615
veil1639
tunic1661
swath-band1668
involucruma1676
wall1682
panniculus1702
theca1807
eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 132 Cartilago, se reoma þæs brægenes.
OE On Human Foetus in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1866) III. 146 Þonne bið þæt brægen utan mid reaman bewefen on þære syxtan wucan.
a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 150 L'encruyt ausy et le aubume [glossed:] the rime and the qwyte [of an egg].
c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 11* Poi vaut le crut del oef, Lityl is worth the reme of an ey.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1343 Verayly þerafter Alle þe rymez by þe rybbez radly þay lauce.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 520 (MED) A rym [a1400 Add 11305 reme] þat es ful wlatsome, Es his garment when he forth sal com, Þat es noght bot a blody skyn.
?a1425 MS Royal 12.G.4 f. 190, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Spinnen Ȝif þu se by fore is tye as hit were a blo spinant webbe red, þat is tokene þat þe reme of þe brayne is broken.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 9 Soone aftir ȝe schal se as it were a liquor of oyle ascende vp, fletynge aboue in maner of a skyn or of a reme.
1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Meninges, the rysme wherin the brain is inclosyd.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Kjv A thinne skinne or rimme like a nette, encompassing the shell of the nutte.
a1560 W. Kennedy Passioun of Christ in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 32 Fra heid to fute þai brak baith hid and ryme [= rĭm].
1592 N. Gyer Eng. Phlebotomy i. 11 Grosse and vndigested fumes, which..touching the rim wherein the braine is wrapped, causeth headach, trembling of the members, [etc.].
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 342 Certain pellicles or rims of the Midriffe, which the Latines call Prœcordia.
1660 J. Sadler Olbia 328 Its [sc. the pomegranate's] Rim, or Rimb, or Rinde; which the Greeks call Rojan.
b. spec. The peritoneum. More fully rim of the belly (also †body, †paunch, †womb, etc.).
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the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > membranes of
neteOE
caul1382
siphac1398
zirbusa1400
womb cloutc1400
mesentery?a1425
omentum?a1425
peritoneum?a1425
paunch clout1440
epiploön?1541
mesenterium?1541
mesaraeum1543
rim1565
kell1578
rind1585
belly-piece1591
coif1597
cell1607
reticulum1615
mesocolon1684
mesogaster1807
mesocaecum1835
ruffle1846
mesogastrium1848
mid-gut1875
mesovarium1882
mesocyst1890
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. E.ii Vnder the last muskle of the belly..succedyth a certayn thyn ryme, kell, or skyn, named in latin Peritoneum.]
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Ascistes When betweene the rimme of the beally and the guttes is gathered..much watry humour.
a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 147 The rotten rim of thy wombe with ruikis salbe revin.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 321 Even as the rim of the paunch, which is called in Latine Centipellio.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 94 I opened her with mine owne hands,..and I found that her rimme was broken, her cal cleane consumed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iv. 14 I will fetch thy rymme out at thy Throat, in droppes of Crimson blood. View more context for this quotation
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iv. 25 The second [concavity] of the Navell and Flancks, diuided from the first by the Rimme.
1673 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 207 Trampling on her belly..thereby breaking the rimb of her womb.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 521 Struck thro' the Belly's Rim, the Warrior lies Supine.
a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 617 The rim of his belly was wounded; and this wound..proved fatal.
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 258 A slight degree of anasarca extended to the rim of the belly.
1838 J. Bosworth Dict. Anglo-Saxon Lang. at Ream The Lat[in]remus signified not only an oar, but also, a thong, strap... Hence the Northumberland rim or belly-rim, the membrane enclosing the intestines, as in the vulgar caution ‘Mind dinna brust yor belly-rim’.
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Rim-of-the-body, the membrane lining the abdomen and covering the bowels.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) The rim of the belly is said to be broken when its muscles are lacerated or violently sprained.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 104/2 Rim, the membrane enclosing the intestines.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > film or web
filmOE
rima1382
weba1398
mailc1440
pin and weba1450
nebula1661
weft1661
haze1820
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit vi. 9 The galle is worth to eȝen to ben enointid, in the whiche were rime [a1425 L.V. a web, L. albugo].
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit xi. 14 The ryme of his eȝen began as the fellis of an ey to gon out.
1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Dial. Yron in Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) f. 158v The pouder made of yron..taketh away the Rime from the eye.
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1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. D3 By her that came out of him, euen a part of himselfe, the Rimme of his whole selfe.
Compounds
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > parts of hide
womb1400
rim-side1474
neck1552
butt1568
bend1599
shoulder1858
flank1874
belly1880
flesh-split1897
1474 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 29 Brekand schepe skinnis on the ryme sidis.
1630 Charter in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) iv. 298 That none of the Trade presume to brock sheep-skins on the Rim or Flesh-side.
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rimn.3
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/ English regional (northern).
A rung of a ladder.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] > rung or step
stepc1000
gangOE
stavec1175
tine?c1225
ladder stalea1250
degreec1290
rungc1300
staffc1325
stairc1400
ladder stavec1440
scalec1440
roundc1450
stakec1450
sprang1527
staver1534
rundle1565
rave1566
roundel1585
rondel1616
ladder rung1620
rowel1652
spokea1658
stower1674
stale1714
rim1788
tread1838
through1899
step iron1912
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 348 Rims, the steps or staves of a ladder.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Rim, a spoke, or ‘rung’ of a ladder.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 104/2 Rims, the steps of a ladder, rungs.
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiv. 140 The upright of a ladder can be a limber, its steps slotes, or its rungs..rims.
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rimv.1
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/ 1.
a. transitive. To provide with a rim (literal and figurative). Chiefly in passive with with.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > form the edge of [verb (transitive)] > provide with an edge
listc1330
urlec1330
borderc1400
embordera1533
edge1555
lip1607
inverge1611
marginate1611
brim1623
rim1709
margin1715
skirt1717
skirt1787
marge1852
1709 A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire xix. 158 The Roofs are Arch'd, and all set thick with Glittering Spires and Balls of Chrystal, rim'd about with Gold and Azure.
1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 113 The preservation of both lies principally in the hoops that the wheels are rimmed with.
1812 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 7 431 His nails entered his own flesh, and were rimmed round with blood.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 172 The sea still rimmed our prosy lives with mystery.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xv. 180 A bright green valley, rimmed with sheer black rock.
1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xi. 145 Her red-lidded eyes were rimmed with purple.
1968 V. Nabokov King, Queen, Knave i. 8 He gazed from under his brows..at Martha's handsome profile rimmed with sunlight.
1991 R. R. McCammon Boy's Life ii. vii. 182 Before long, we had a sensible fire going, the firepit rimmed with stones as my dad had told me to do.
2004 Wildlife Conservation Feb. 34/3 To establish windbreaks for these natives, he rimmed the island with non-native, fast-growing casuarina and tamarisk trees.
b. transitive. To form a rim to; to surround as or in the manner of a rim; to border, fringe.
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1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. I. 186 The Solfatara is a large Plain within the Top of a Hill, which as it were rims it round.
1830 Calcutta Mag. Sept. 559 The snows That rim the crater of the hot volcano.
1867 J. Ingelow Story of Doom v. 78 Blue as the much-loved flower that rims the beck.
1913 W. L. Comfort Road of Living Men iii. vi. 205 The intrenchments that rimmed the Headland were manned.
1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 196 North and South Boulevards, wide connecting drives planted with palms, rim the island.
1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 34/1 A haze of flag irises shimmering in the heat of Monet's garden or rimming his water lily pool.
2. Golf and Basketball.
a. transitive. Of a ball: to run along the circular rim of (a cup or basket). Also: to cause a ball to run along the rim of (a cup or basket).
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1899 W. Camp & L. Brooks Drives & Puts vi. 134 The ball ran true, then, rimming the cup a little, it gave a lurch and dropped in.
1921 Kodak Mag. Mar. 31/1 Alice Gears rimmed the basket a number of times, but she had forgotten her rabbit's foot and couldn't ‘sink’ a shot.
1958 Tipton (Indiana) Daily Tribune 19 Aug. 4/5 The ball appeared dead in but at the last moment rimmed the hole and came on about 5 inches past.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Apr. b12/7 An ‘in again out again Finnegan’ for a shot that rimmed the basket but did not fall.
b. intransitive. With out. Of a ball: to fail to drop into a cup or basket after running along the rim.
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1962 S. Snead & A. Stump Educ. of Golfer iv. 95 In the last round of the Augusta Masters, after a short putt rimmed out, I leaned on the putter, almost to the breaking point.
1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. 1 c His 5-footer rimmed out, but Keith Williams rebounded and put up another shot just before the buzzer.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 Mar. iii. 1/5 He tried to tie the score with a three-pointer, but the ball rimmed out.
3. intransitive. Metallurgy. Of steel: to form ingots having a relatively pure, homogeneous outer skin. Also transitive: to form (steel) into such ingots. Originally also with in. Cf. rimming adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > actions of steel [verb (intransitive)] > form skin
rim1916
1916 Ferro Carbon Titanium in Steel Making (Titanium Alloy Manuf. Co.) 64 In both cases the steel will not ‘rim in’ properly in the molds, which will result in the blow holes forming about ¼-inch inside the walls of the ingots.
1916 Ferro Carbon Titanium in Steel Making (Titanium Alloy Manuf. Co.) 68 In ‘rimming in’ steel it is essential that the blow holes be forced as far toward the center of the ingot as is possible.
1932 4th Rep. Heterogeneity Steel Ingots (Iron & Steel Inst.) 216 A solid-liquid surface and a low temperature were necessary for steel to rim satisfactorily.
1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 290/2 Steels which contain not more than 0·15% C can be made to ‘rim’.
1980 U.S. Patent 3,754,591 1 Casting a rimming type steel (i.e., non-deoxidized) into an ingot mold and allowing the steel to rim for a predetermined time.
1997 A. K. Sinha in G. E. Totten & M. A. H. Howes Steel Heat Treatm. Handbk. xv. 1062 Steels above 0.60% Mn cannot be readily rimmed.
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rimv.2
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/ 1. transitive. Chiefly U.S. With out. To enlarge (a hole) with a tool; to make an enlarged hole in (something) in this way. Cf. ream v.4 1, rime v.2 3c.
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1825 N. Wood Pract. Treat. Rail-roads iv. 146 The wheels..are made of cast-iron with circular naves, rimmed [1838 (ed. 3) rimed] out to fit the axle.
1873 J. T. Henry Early & Later Hist. Petroleum 437 It was the labor of days and weeks..to ‘rim out’ this hole, with their home-made tool.
1919 J. Leitch Man to Man iv. 88 It had been the custom of the patchers to rim out a knot hole with a sharp knife and then fill the cavity with a special kind of putty.
1923 Helena (Montana) Independent 14 July 8/6 Drillers are now rimming out the hole below the tube preparatory to lowering the pipe to the bottom.
2006 CIRP Ann. 55 179 A laser-drilled pilot hole is rimmed out by EDM [= electro-discharge machining] drilling.
2. English regional (chiefly south midlands). Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Berkshire in 1903.
a. intransitive. To move house; to change one's place of residence. Now rare.
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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Rim, to remove.
1876 Mrs. Francis S.-Warwickshire Words in W. W. Skeat Orig. Glossaries 131 Rimming, moving furniture to a fresh house. ‘We be a rimming on Monday.’
1897 Leamington Spa Courier 13 Mar. Joe Smith has took our house so we shall be rimming almost directly.
b. transitive. To move, shift, clear away. Now rare.
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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 191 ‘Rym the chair out of the way.’ ‘Rym them sheep into another field.’
a1895 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 114/2 To rim household.
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rimv.3
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/ U.S. Now rare.
transitive. To cut or gash the flesh of (a mackerel or other fish), generally in order to improve its appearance; = plough v. 9c. Cf. rimmer n.3
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > prepare seafood [verb (transitive)] > slash mackerel
rim1878
1878 Award of Fishery Comm.: Doc. & Proc. Halifax Comm. (U.S.) I. App. F. 931 When American fishermen dress mackerel they rim them, which makes them look whiter. Our people do not do that.
1890 Cent. Dict. Rim,..to plow or slash the sides of, as mackerel, to make them seem fatter.
1914 Daily Consular & Trade Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 25 Feb. 745 The mackerel..are rimmed or plowed along the inside of each flank to aid in curing.
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rimv.4
/rɪm/, U.S. /rɪm/ 1. transitive. U.S. slang. To cheat (a person); to swindle. Cf. ream v.4 5. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle
defraud1362
deceivec1380
plucka1500
lurch1530
defeata1538
souse1545
lick1548
wipe1549
fraud1563
use1564
cozen1573
nick1576
verse1591
rooka1595
trim1600
skelder1602
firk1604
dry-shave1620
fiddle1630
nose1637
foista1640
doa1642
sharka1650
chouse1654
burn1655
bilk1672
under-enter1692
sharp1699
stick1699
finger1709
roguea1714
fling1749
swindle1773
jink1777
queer1778
to do over1781
jump1789
mace1790
chisel1808
slang1812
bucket1819
to clean out1819
give it1819
to put in the hole1819
ramp1819
sting1819
victimize1839
financier1840
gum1840
snakea1861
to take down1865
verneuk1871
bunco1875
rush1875
gyp1879
salt1882
daddle1883
work1884
to have (one) on toast1886
slip1890
to do (a person) in the eye1891
sugar1892
flay1893
to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895
con1896
pad1897
screw1900
short-change1903
to do in1906
window dress1913
ream1914
twist1914
clean1915
rim1918
tweedle1925
hype1926
clip1927
take1927
gazump1928
yentz1930
promote1931
to take (someone) to the cleaners1932
to carve up1933
chizz1948
stiff1950
scam1963
to rip off1969
to stitch up1970
skunk1971
to steal (someone) blind1974
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1918 H. S. Truman Let. 3 Feb. in Dear Bess (1983) 242 They are always hunting for some good excuse to rim a NG [= National Guard] officer.
1937 M. Sandoz Slogum House 262 When the land office finally opened, word got around that all the good claims were gone... By now the homeseekers were certain they had been rimmed.
1973 D. Hughes Along Side Road vii. 54 Ten bucks? For that old thing? I'd be rimming you, Charles.
1995 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 583/1 Rim, to cheat, to ‘job’, to ream, ‘shave’.
2. intransitive. U.S. regional (south Midland). Of a female animal: to be in heat. Also in extended use (coarse slang): (of a woman) to be sexually excited; to desire to engage in sexual intercourse. Cf. brim v.1 1. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > be or become sexually aroused or excited [verb (intransitive)]
caterwaul1599
to have (also get) the horn1879–80
rim1923
to have (or get) hot pants (for a person)1929
1923 Dial. Notes 5 219 Rim, v., to be desirous of sexual intercourse, wanting to be bred. Said especially of sows.
1953 V. Randolph & G. P. Wilson Down in Holler 107 I have heard rim and rimmin' and over-rim used with reference to many females, including young girls. I am not sure just what these words mean, but they are not regarded with favor by respectable country women.
3. transitive. coarse slang (originally U.S.). To stimulate the anus of (a person) with the tongue or mouth, as a sexual act. Also occasionally intransitive.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex on or with [verb (transitive)] > analingus
rim1941
1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. 1175 Rim, to anilingue; to lick, tongue, or suck the anus, the object being the person and not his or her anatomy.
1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 90 ‘Darling, I want to rim you,’ she whispers... ‘All right. I'll go wash my ass.’ ‘No, I'll wash it.’
1965 W. H. Auden Platonic Blow ‘Shall I rim you?’ I whispered.
1978 L. Kramer Faggots 16 ‘You mean you've never rimmed?’ Dinky had asked later, incredulous over what he considered Fred's naïve sex life.
2005 Exit (S. Afr.) Feb. 19/5 My boyfriend and I have been together for six months... He asked me recently to rim him and I wanted to know the chance of getting HIV by rimming.
Compounds
rim job n. coarse slang (originally U.S.) an act of stimulating another person's anus sexually with the tongue (cf. blow job n. at blow- comb. form 2).
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1969 S. Cannon Groove, bang & jive Around 8 Thrills shot from one end of Annette's body to the other, as his tongue ran circles around her behind, giving her a rim job.
1978 K. Acker Blood & Guts in High School 116 She had demonstrated that she knew how to make impotent men hard, give blow and rim jobs, tease, figure out exactly what each man wants without asking him.
2002 J. Goad Shit Magnet vii. 89 Is rape worse than murder? Sure. And a French kiss is more extreme than a rim job.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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