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rack(9) (iou) and rim(3) (iou)


rack(9) (iou)



rack verb2 trans. [rak] L15.

Draw off (Wine, cider, etc.) from the lees. Also foll. by off. L15.
b. fig. Distil, refine. M17.
Empty (a cask) by racking. rare. L15-E18.
racker noun2 E17.

rim(3) (iou)



rim verb1. Infl. -mm-. L18.
[from RIM noun1.]
verb trans. Provide with a rim; be a rim to; border, edge, encircle. L18.
W. Boyd Her fingernails were rimmed with what looked like brown ink. Footloose Climbing on the gritstone crags that rim the moors.
verb intrans. Of a steel ingot: form an outer rim of relatively pure steel. M20.
rimming steel a low-carbon steel in which deoxidation has been controlled to produce ingots having an outer rim relatively free from carbon and impurities.