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Language: Old English
Origin: rima

rim

1 noun
     
rim1 [countable]
1 the outside edge of something circular
rim of
the rim of a glass
plates with a gold band around the rim
2

gold-rimmed/red-rimmed etc

with a gold, red etc rim:
gold-rimmed spectacles
red-rimmed eyes
—rimless adjective:
rimless glasses
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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