Definition of Plimming

1. plim [v] - See also: plim

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plimming

plies
pliest
plieth
plight
plighted
plighter
plighters
plightful
plighting
plightly
plights
plim
plimed
pliming
plimmed
plimming (current term)
plims
plimsol
plimsole
plimsoles
plimsoll
plimsolled
plimsolls
plimsols
pling
plings
plink
plinked
plinker
plinkers

Literary usage of Plimming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"A pig must not be killed when the moon is waning, or the bacon will ' boil out,' that is, it will shrink in boiling instead of ' plimming up' (or becoming ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"For the most part, he^sat there, irresolute, plimming his untried wings, and half opening them tentatively from time to time, as if wondering to himself how ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"For the most part, he sat there, irresolute, plimming his untried wings, and half opening them tentatively from time to time, as if wondering to himself how ..."

4. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in S. E. Worcestershire, Together with by Jesse Salisbury (1894)
"A pig must not be killed when the moon is waning, or the bacon will ' boil out,' that is, it will shrink in boiling instead of ' plimming up' (or becoming ..."

5. A Glossary of West Worcestershire Words by Edith L. Chamberlain, Thomas Hallam (1882)
"A pig must not be killed when the moon is waning, or the bacon will ' boil out,' that is, it will shrink in boiling instead of ' plimming up' (or becoming ..."

6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"A pig must not be killed when the moon is waning, or the bacon will ' boil out,' that is, it will shrink in boiling instead of ' plimming up' (or becoming ..."

7. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"For the most part, he^sat there, irresolute, plimming his untried wings, and half opening them tentatively from time to time, as if wondering to himself how ..."

8. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"For the most part, he sat there, irresolute, plimming his untried wings, and half opening them tentatively from time to time, as if wondering to himself how ..."

9. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in S. E. Worcestershire, Together with by Jesse Salisbury (1894)
"A pig must not be killed when the moon is waning, or the bacon will ' boil out,' that is, it will shrink in boiling instead of ' plimming up' (or becoming ..."

10. A Glossary of West Worcestershire Words by Edith L. Chamberlain, Thomas Hallam (1882)
"A pig must not be killed when the moon is waning, or the bacon will ' boil out,' that is, it will shrink in boiling instead of ' plimming up' (or becoming ..."

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