rimed

past tense of rime
as in coated
to cover with a hardened layer frost riming the doorknob

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  • Drawings in metalpoint must be made on paper coated with a slightly abrasive ground, which is often tinted.
    Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The drops slid about four centimeters, picked up a charge, rolled off the edge, and then fell five millimeters onto a copper plate coated with a 60-nanometer film of Teflon, which is one of the most chemically resistant coatings on the market today.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • Irving’s lighthouse, built for the 1893 World’s Fair, was salt crusted, wind battered, and timeworn, at once a shithole and a feat of civil engineering.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Sliced turkey comes in a handful of styles, including smoked, honey-roasted, pepper-crusted and herb-roasted, as well as low-sodium, organic and 95% fat-free.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • Inside the Imam Hussein shrine, pilgrims in men's and women's sections press against the gold and silver-encrusted latticework around the spot where he was killed, many striking their foreheads in grief.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The fan guards in the walk-in cooler was encrusted with residue.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
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  • Camille can still picture Burke standing over her, fake blood smeared across her dress.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • There’s rarely anything as straightforward as a kick drum, a hi-hat, or even a bassline here; instead, everything is smeared, all origins occulted in a thicket of echoes and reflections.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • But the force of the flooding could mean mud may be caked over such exits, rendering rescue plans difficult, Horney said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud.
    Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • One Baguette is covered in a kaleidoscopic geometric pattern of colorful beads; another resembles a tiny textile artwork in dusty pink, green, and turquoise.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The almost 1,100-foot-long warship was covered in rust from bow to stern.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Rimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimed. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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