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with the rim of
2. The surface of the water. with the rim of: in the uppermost part of. Obsolete.In quot. a1400 possibly used of the margin of the sea (= sense 1).
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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.
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