rimer

noun

another name for rhymester

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Examples from the Web for rimer

Historical Examples

This may be a corruption of rimer, for opening circular holes in metal.
The Sailor's Word-Book
William Henry Smyth
This is effected with a rimer, Figs. 81 and 82, and is an operation requiring great care and attention.
Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells
Ernest Spon
Against him is every Critick, ancient and modern, from Aristotle to Rimer, and more than all of them against him is his own self.
An Essay on Criticism
John Oldmixon
Fig. 82 is of an improved form of rimer, termed a riming spring.
Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells
Ernest Spon
“He was an extremely clever fellow to whom I taught the art of elaborate rhyming” (rimer difficilement).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4
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rimer

Examples from the Web for rimer

Historical Examples

This may be a corruption of rimer, for opening circular holes in metal.

This is effected with a rimer, Figs. 81 and 82, and is an operation requiring great care and attention.

Against him is every Critick, ancient and modern, from Aristotle to Rimer, and more than all of them against him is his own self.

Fig. 82 is of an improved form of rimer, termed a riming spring.

“He was an extremely clever fellow to whom I taught the art of elaborate rhyming” (rimer difficilement).