rimedadj.1
/rʌɪmd/, U.S. /raɪmd/ Covered with rime or hoar frost. Also figurative.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > intensely cold, freezing, or frosty > frosty > characterized by or covered with hoar frost
rimyOE
frosty?a1450
rindy1648
frosted1649
rimed1841
hoar-frosty1845
frost-hoar1853
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > intensely cold, freezing, or frosty > frosty > characterized by or covered with hoar frost > specifically in scientific use
rimed1954
1841 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 23 Jan. 51/1 Where sparkling icicle, rimed twig and pane, Catch the first ray and flash it back again.
1889 J. H. Skrine Mem. E. Thring 279 A calm autumn dawn came up, and fell rosily on the rimed trees.
1914 J. London Strength of Strong 216 The hands were noteworthy. They were large-knuckled,..rimed with callouses.
1954 U. Nakaya Snow Crystals ii. 87 Snow crystals with numerous water droplets attached are very frequently observed in our climate... This type is better called a rimed crystal.
1960 A. MacLean Night without End ii. 19 The entire fuselage was already shrouded in a sheet of thin rimed ice, dazzling to the eye.
2007 Trail Feb. 16/1 Heavily rimed new snow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rimedadj.2
/rʌɪmd/, U.S. /raɪmd/, Irish English /raɪmd/ Irish English. rare.
Of yarn or cloth: that has been dyed by steeping or boiling with alder twigs (see rime v.4).
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1873 E. O'Curry Lect. Anc. Irish I. 405 When the rimed yarn or cloth was boiled with a black peaty mud..it was dyed of a black colour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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