Posted by John Nichols on June 28, 2004 at 23:55:21 from 165.91.196.181 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: aye aye, Sir - today posted by John Nichols on June 28, 2004 at 23:54:39:
rime 4
Obs.
[ad. L. rma: see RIMA.]
A chap, chink, or cleft.
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1607 TOPSELL Four-f. Beasts (1658) 64 The sewet of oxen..is also good against..the ulcers and rimes of the mouth. 1646 SIR T. BROWNE Pseud. Ep. 198 Though birds have no Epiglottis, yet can they so contract the rime or chink of their Larinx [etc.]. 1657 TOMLINSON Renou's Disp. 378 They have a small depressure on one side like a rime.