m)
n.
1. A coating of ice, as on grass and trees, formed
when extremely cold water droplets freeze almost instantly on a cold
surface.
2. A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a frosty
film: "A meal couldn't leave us feeling really full
unless it laid down a rime of fat globules in our mouths and stomachs"
(James Fallows).
tr.v. rimed, rim·ing, rimes
To cover with or as if with frost or ice: "heavy [shoes] rimed with mud
and cement ... from the building site" (Seamus
Deane).
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