▪ I. rimer, n.1
(ˈraɪmə(r))
Also 5 rymor, rymare, 6–8 rymer.
[f. rime v.1 + -er1. In early use prob. after AF. rimour, rymour (F. rimeur). So Du. rijmer, Fris. rimer, † rijmer, MHG. rîmer (G. reimer), Da. rimer, Norw. rimar, Sw. rimmare (MSw. rimare), Icel. r{iacu}mari.]
A maker of rimes; a poet; a rimester. Cf. rhymer.
| 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 157 He is an onwyse man that audyence or Yeftis yewyth to Rymoris othyr any Suche losyngeris. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 434/1 Rymare, gerro. a 1568 R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 144 This fault, not onely in the olde Latin Poets, but also in our..English Rymers at this day. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. xii. 5 A joyous fellowship..Of Minstrales making goodly meriment, With wanton Bardes, and Rymers impudent. 1603 Daniel Def. Ryme Wks. (Grosart) IV. 49 Erasmus, and Moore, worthy men, I confesse, and the last a great ornament to this land, and a Rymer. 1655 tr. Sorel's Com. Hist. Francion vi. 7 So it is with this poor Rimer, his works make no noise but in his own ears. 1737 Gentl. Mag. VII. 625/2 What's prov'd, my Logician? That a Rymer and Wit may be no Politician. 1774 Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 102 A very musical arrangement of the accents not often used by other poets, particularly rimers. 1873 Edith Thompson Hist. Eng. xxvi. 107 The King's cognizance was a wild boar, and the rimer lost his head for thus insulting it. |
▪ II. rimer, n.2 Now rare.
(ˈraɪmə(r))
Also rymer; (U.S.) rimmer (ˈrɪmə(r)).
[f. rime v.4 3 c.]
= reamer n.
| 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 17 A tool of this description is called a rimer. 1846 Holtzapffel Turning II. 461 Polygonal broaches or rimers with any number of sides. 1865 J. H. A. Bone Petroleum & Petroleum Wells 22 But the hole must be as nearly round as possible, and therefore the tools are taken out, and a ‘rimmer’, or ‘reamer’, sent down, which cuts down the irregularities of the hole. 1875 Sir T. Saxton Fret-Cutting 69 The holes in the hinges ought to be properly rymed out... If they are not, the rymer and rose-bit must be purchased. 1894 W. J. Lineham Text-bk. Mech. Engin. vi. 209 Round holes are cleaned by the Parallel Rimer..and taper holes by means of a Taper Rimer. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 701/2 Rimers, square or half round. |
Hence ˈrimer v. = ream v.3 1.
| 1860 J. Hodges Gt. Victoria Bridge 44 Every hole..was rimered by a tool to exactly the size of the rivets. Ibid., As the rimering proceeded the riveting followed. 1873 R. Wilson Steam Boilers 67 It is best to rimer them out and use a larger rivet. |
▪ III. rimer
variant of rymer.