Marine (medicine) and rim(1) (iou)

Marine (medicine)

marine

1. Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.

2. <geology> Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.

<medicine> Marine acid, a steam engine for propelling a vessel. Marine glue. See Glue. Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea, including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry. Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds. Marine law. See Law. Marine league, three geographical miles. Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships. Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; so called because, being quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard. Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc, are bought and sold; a junk shop.

Origin: L. Marinus, fr. Mare the sea: cf. F. Marin. See Mere a pool.

Source: Websters Dictionary

rim(1) (iou)

rim noun1.
[Old English rima = Old Norse rimi a strip of land. No Other cognates are known.]
A border, a bank, a coast. Only in OE.
The surface of a stretch of water. Now chiefly US. ME.
Bicycle Braking hard can make rims very hot.
a. The outer edge of a wheel, connected by the spokes to the hub, on which a tyre may be fitted. LME.
b. A hoop-shaped band of wood forming the outer frame of a sieve, musical instrument, etc. M17.
c. The part of a frame of a pair of spectacles surrounding the lens (usu. in pl.); colloq. (in pl.) spectacles. M19.
d. Any circular object or mark. M19.
a. The outer limit or margin of an object, esp. of something circular. E17.
Pacific rim: see PACIFIC adjective.
M. Sinclair Now and then her eyelids shook, fluttered red rims.
b. The visible limit or margin of the horizon, the landscape, etc. (Foll. by of.) M19.
J. L. Waten The sun..peered over the red rim of the horizon.
c. The outer edge of a semi-circular desk around which a newspaper's subeditors work. US slang. E20.
a. A raised edge or border; esp. a circular one. M17.
Asian Art Flowers..fill the background and are repeated on the underside of the rim.
b. A margin or boundary line of land etc.; a narrow strip. L18.
D. Lessing A big, cool empty sky..above a rim of dark mountains.
c. ellipt. = rimrock (a) below. N. Amer. M19.
Comb.: rim-brake a brake acting on the rim of a wheel; rim drive a method of driving the turntable of a record-player by means of frictional contact between the motor shaft and the inner rim of the turntable; rimfire adjective (a) (of a cartridge) having the primer around the edge of the base; (b) (of a rifle) adapted for such cartridges; rimland a peripheral region with political or strategic significance; rim light Photography & Cinematography a light placed behind the subject in order to give the appearance of a halo of light; the light produced by a lamp in such a position; rim lock a lock that is fitted to the surface of a door etc., as opposed to a mortise lock; rim man US slang a newspaper subeditor; rimrock noun & verb (N. Amer.) (a) noun (Geology) an outcrop of resistant rock, esp. one forming a cliff at the edge of a plateau; the bedrock around and above the edge of a gravel deposit or placer; (b) verb trans. (slang) drive a (sheep) over a cliff; rimrocker N. Amer. slang a person who drives sheep over a cliff; rim-shot a drum-stroke in which the stick strikes the rim and the head of the drum simultaneously; rimstone Geology a layer of calcite deposited by evaporation round the rim of a pool of water, characteristic of karst land.
rimless adjective (esp. of spectacles) without a rim E19.

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