English

Verb

riming

1. present participle of rime

Etymology 2

First attested in 1822; formed as rime ‎(“cover with rime or hoar frost”) +‎ -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives).

Adjective

riming ‎(not comparable)

1. (rare) That rimes (i.e., covers with rime or hoar frost) something.

References

“riming, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)

Etymology 3

First attested in 1873; formed as rime ‎(“dye (wool or yarn) by steeping in water with alder twigs”) +‎ -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).

Noun

riming ‎(uncountable)

1. (Ireland, now rare, done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs.

References

“riming, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)

Etymology 4

First attested in 1948; formed as rime ‎(“cover with rime or hoar frost”) +‎ -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).

Noun

riming ‎(uncountable)

1. The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).

References

“riming, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)