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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RIM, n.³ Also rum-. The peritoneum. Dial. in Eng. since 18th-c. Combs.: 1. rimburst, n., a hernia, rupture (w.Sc. 1741 A. McDonald Galick Voc. 27; Ork., ‡Cai., Ags., Per. 1968); v., to rupture. Vbl.n. rimburs(t)in, hernia (s.Sc. 1808 Jam.; ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); 2. rim-crackin, = 3. (Ork. 1930); 3. rimfu, a large meal considered as stretching the rim to its limits (Wgt. 1968); 4. rimrax(in), id. (Abd.⁷ 1925). See Rax.Sc. 1807 Trans. Highl. Soc. III. 363:
The peritoneum, or rim of the belly, as it is called by shepherds.1. Ork. 1927 Peace's Almanac 136:
Ye'r sheumid coo's . . . sairly hoved, an' dee faither's fare'd sheu'll rumburst.Uls.³ 1930:
Often said of a person eating too much “He'll rumburst himself.”3. Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 37:
I've got a rimfu at onyrate; I'd as raed rowe as rin.4. Abd. 1900 G. Williams Fairmer's Twa Tint Laddies 99:
Ae gweed rimraxin', sure as ocht We'll hae to tak' the nicht.Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 28:
Isna Geordy Finlater takin' a rim-rax?