shrim, v. Now dial.
(ʃrɪm)
[OE. scrimman (only once); cf. shram, scrimp a. and v.]
intr. and pass. To shrink or shrivel; now chiefly in pa. pple., chilled, benumbed.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 6 Ᵹif monnes fot to hommum scrimme & scrince. 1846 [W. Sandys] Spec. Cornish Dial. 18 He squinnied, tell I were nigh shrimmed with his look. 1847 Halliwell, Shrimmed, chilled. Corn. 1890 Glouc. Gloss., Shrim or Srim, to shiver; shrink or shrivel up with cold or fright; also of shrinkage in cooking. |