单词 | rimel |
释义 | † rimeln. Medicine. Obsolete. rare. A crack in the skull. Cf. rima n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > chap or crack > condition rimela1400 clefture1540 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 125 (MED) Þei asaie in þis maner if þat þe brekynge of þe brayn panne be wiþ a rimel [L. rimalis], þat is to seie, a chene, eiþir a creueis. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 126 (MED) Þei loken if ony þing exale out bi þilke rimele [L. rimula], as blod or ony other mater; þei drede not to perse þilke rimelle. ?a1450 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 127 (MED) Whenne þat þou desiriste þe wey of trepanynge, þis manere trepanynge suffiseþ to þe in þe rimeles of þe brayn panne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † rimelv. Obsolete. transitive. To enlarge or widen (a hole); = ream v.4 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > make hollow [verb (transitive)] > form by hollowing out > enlarge or widen hole with an instrument rimela1854 a1854 J. Bourne in E. J. Reed Shipbuilding (1869) iv. 66 The holes being accurately rimelled out and the rivets driven in. 1858 Trans. Inst. Engineers Scotl. 1 121 He examined locomotive boilers drawn together for rivetting, and every hole appeared as if it had been bored and carefully rimelled. 1880 Trans. Inst. Naval Architects 21 189 My firm have preferred the practice of rimelling punched holes, where such was required, to annealing the plates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1400v.a1854 |
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