rimer

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I iz open in fine, finer, finish; dine, dining, and diner; rime, riming, and rimer; fi-ner, fi-nish, and so on: shut in fin, finnish; din, dinner; brim, brimmer; fin-nish, and simmilar.

From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by Elphinston, James

This may be a corruption of rimer, for opening circular holes in metal.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

But little trace of censure appears, except in the stories about Burghley's dislike of him, as an idle rimer, and perhaps as a friend of his opponents.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

I am a rimer of the Irish race,  And haue alreadie rimde thee staring mad.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

The rimer quenches his unheeded fires, The sound surceases and the sense expires.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose