Webster's Dictionary 1913

4105

Riksdaler

‖Riks″da′ler (?), n. [Sw. See Rix-dollar.] A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerly the unit of value in Sweden.

4106

Rile

Rile (rīl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Riled (rīld); p. pr. & vb. n.Riling.] [See Roil.] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to v...

4107

Rilievo

‖Ri‐lie″vo (?), n.[It. See Relief.] (Sculp. & Arch.) Same as Relief, n., 5.

4108

Rill

Rill (rĭl), n. [Cf. LG. rille a small channel or brook, a furrow, a chamfer, OE. rigol a small brook, F. rigole a trench or furrow for water, W. rhill a row, rhigol a little dit...

4109

Rill (2)

Rill, v. i. To run a small stream. Prior.

4110

Rille

Rille (rĭl), n. [G. rille a furrow.] (Astron.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.

4111

Rillet

Rill″et (?), n. A little rill. Burton.

4112

Rily

Ri″ly (?), a. Roily.

4113

Rim

Rim (?), n. [As. rima, reoma, edge; cf. W. rhim, rhimp, a rim, edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim. Cf. Rind.] 1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of somethin...

4114

Rim (2)

Rim, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rimmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rimming.] To furnish with a rim; to border.

4115

Rim-fire

Rim″–fire′ (?), a. Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-fire; — said of cartridges; also, using rim-fire cartridges; as, a ri...

4116

Rima

‖Ri″ma (?), n.; pl.Rimæ (#). (Anat.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.

4117

Rimau dahan

‖Ri″mau da″han (?). (Zoöl.) The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

4118

Rimbase

Rim″base′ (?), n.(Mil.) A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon.

4119

Rime

Rime (?), n. [L. rima.] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Sir T. Browne.

4120

Rime (2)

Rime, n. [AS. hrīm; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrīm, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rīfo, hrīfo.] White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.The trees were now co...

4121

Rime (3)

Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Rimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Riming.] To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

4122

Rime (4)

Rime, n. A step or round of a ladder; a rung.

4123

Rime (5)

Rime, n. Rhyme. See Rhyme. Coleridge.Landor.☞ This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.

4124

Rime (6)

Rime, v. i. & t. To rhyme. See Rhyme.

4125

Rimer

Rim″er (?), n. A rhymer; a versifier.

4126

Rimer (2)

Rim″er, n. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

4127

Rimey

Rim″ey (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. rimoier. See Ryime.] To compose in rhyme; to versify.rimeyed in their first Breton tongue. Chaucer.

4128

Rimmer

Rim″mer (?), n. An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer. Knight.

4129

Rimose

Ri‐mose″ (?), a. [L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F. rimeux.] 1. Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like thos...

4130

Rimosely

Ri‐mose″ly, adv. In a rimose manner.

4131

Rimosity

Ri‐mos″i‐ty (?), n. State of being rimose.