rimy, a.
(ˈraɪmɪ)
Forms: 1 hr{iacu}miᵹ, 6 rimie, 7 rymie, 6– rimy.
[OE. hr{iacu}miᵹ, f. hr{iacu}m rime n.2 Cf. Fris. rimich, Sw. rimmig, Icel. hr{iacu}mugr.]
Covered with, abounding in, rime or hoar-frost; accompanied by rime; frosty.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 209 Wæron norð of ðæm stane awexene swiðe hrimiᵹe bearwas. a 1000 Gnomic Verses 6 in O.E. Chron. (1892) I. 280 Winter byð cealdost, lencten hrimiᵹost. |
| 1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle Index, Rimy grasse ill for sheep. 1612 Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. x. (1634) 38 Trees that appear twice as bigge in a mistie or rymie morning then indeed they are. 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 6 The Wood being altogether cover'd with a rimy Frost. 1787–9 Wordsw. Evening Walk 356 Rimy without speck, extend the plains. 1824 Miss R. Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 12 The sky..throwing out in bold relief the snow-covered roofs of our village, and the rimy trees that rise above them. 1859 Geo. Eliot A. Bede lv, Martin Poyser, looking as cheery as a bright fire on this rimy morning. 1886 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 110 The railings were rusty and rimy. |