Rime

[A-S. & Icel. hrím, D. rijm, rijp, Dan. riim, Sw. rim, L. Ger. riep, O. H. Ger. hrifo, rifo, M. H. Ger. rife, N. H. Ger. reif. Cf. GRIME.] White or hoar frost; congealed dew or vapor. Toward morning it had changed to a slight frost, and the ground and the trees were now covered with rime. De Quincey.

[Lat. rima, Sw. remna.] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure. [Obs.]

[imp. & p. p. RIMED; p. pr. & vb. n. RIMING.] To freeze or congeal into hoar frost.

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