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BedimmingBedim Be*dim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedimmed (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Bedimming.]
To make dim; to obscure or darken. --Shak. BetrimmingBetrim Be*trim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrimmed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Betrimming.]
To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim.
--Shak. BrimmingBrim Brim, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brimming.]
To be full to the brim. ``The brimming stream.' --Milton.
To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full
that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup
brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun. Brimming
Brimming Brim"ming, a.
Full to the brim; overflowing.
DimmingDim Dim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dimming.]
1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or
distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull;
to obscure; to eclipse.
A king among his courtiers, who dims all his
attendants. --Dryden.
Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways.
--Cowper.
2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing
clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to
darken the senses or understanding of.
Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears.
--C. Pitt. Free-swimming
Free-swimming Free"-swim`ming, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.
Immingle
Immingle Im*min"gle, v. t.
To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend. [R.] --Thomson.
PrimmingPrim Prim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Primmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Primming.]
To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected
preciseness; to prink. RimmingRim Rim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rimming.]
To furnish with a rim; to border. SkimmingSkim Skim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See
Scum.]
1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or
lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just
beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim
a book or a newspaper. Skimming
Skimming Skim"ming, n.
1. The act of one who skims.
2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
Skimmingly
Skimmingly Skim"ming*ly, adv.
In a skimming manner.
Skimmington
Skimmington Skim"ming*ton, n. [Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the
name of some notorius scold.]
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is
to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing
backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession
of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in
ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts
of England.
Swimming
Swimming Swim"ming, n.
The act of one who swims.
SwimmingSwimming Swim"ming, a. [From Swim to be dizzy.]
Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming
brain. Swimming
Swimming Swim"ming, n.
Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. --Dryden.
SwimmingSwim Swim, v. i. [imp. Swamor Swum; p. p. Swum; p. pr. &
vb. n. Swimming.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG.
swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw.
simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.]
1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to
float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity
is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with
the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to
yonder point. --Shak.
3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6.
Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
--Thomson.
4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
[They] now swim in joy. --Milton.
5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]
[Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer. SwimmingSwimming Swim"ming, a.
1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
Swimming bell (Zo["o]l.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
Siphonophora.
Swimming crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
marine crabs, as those of the family Protunid[ae], which
have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs
flattened so as to serve as fins. Swimming bellSwimming Swim"ming, a.
1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
Swimming bell (Zo["o]l.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
Siphonophora.
Swimming crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
marine crabs, as those of the family Protunid[ae], which
have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs
flattened so as to serve as fins. Swimming crabSwimming Swim"ming, a.
1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
Swimming bell (Zo["o]l.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
Siphonophora.
Swimming crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
marine crabs, as those of the family Protunid[ae], which
have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs
flattened so as to serve as fins. Swimmingly
Swimmingly Swim"ming*ly, adv.
In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly;
successfully; prosperously.
Swimmingness
Swimmingness Swim"ming*ness, n.
Act or state of swimming; suffusion. ``A swimmingness in the
eye.' --Congreve.
TrimmingTrim Trim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trimming.] [OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to
prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of
uncertain origin.]
1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make
right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
The hermit trimmed his little fire. --Goldsmith.
2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish;
as, to trim a hat. TrimmingTrimming Trim"ming,
a. from Trim, v.
The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming,
halfway sort of a party. --Jeffrey.
Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers
are framed; a header. See Header. --Knight. Trimming
Trimming Trim"ming, n.
1. The act of one who trims.
2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust,
ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the
ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes,
the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the
plural
Trimming joistTrimming Trim"ming,
a. from Trim, v.
The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming,
halfway sort of a party. --Jeffrey.
Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers
are framed; a header. See Header. --Knight. Trimmingly
Trimmingly Trim"ming*ly, adv.
In a trimming manner.
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