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plural rims
An edge around something, especially when circular. quotations examples
That's...our galaxy. We're beyond the rim.
2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, v1.0, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark
(automotive, cycling) A wheelrim. quotations examples
About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36
(journalism) A semicircular copydesk. quotations examples
A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]
2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing, page 130
On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.
2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7
third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed
(transitive) To form a rim on. examples
(transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit. examples
(transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim. examples
(vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus. quotations
When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.
2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216
(UK dialectal) A membrane. examples
(UK dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly. quotations
Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.
1599, Shakespeare, King Henry V, act iV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand
(Britain, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung. examples