rimy
Americanadjective
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coated with rime
Etymology
Origin of rimy
before 1000; Old English hrīmig (not recorded in ME). See rime 1, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Of sailing, the weathers of the winter sea, the fishing itself, physical action and hardship, he gives a rimy, brilliant account.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasionally as I cleared a space for a peephole through the rimy panes, I caught momentary glimpses of a level, treeless earth, desolate as the polar ocean swept by ferocious elemental warfare.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
It was a rimy October morning, and the sun rising slowly above the shadowy aspens in the graveyard, shone dimly through the transparent silver veil that hung over the landscape.
From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
The red sun stared unwinking at the East Then slept under a cloak of hodden gray; The rimy fields held the last light of day, A little tender yet.
From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John
It was only yesterday that I last climbed this tree and ate the rich rimy fruit frosted with a Christmas snow.
From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Ashmun, Margaret
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