What is the difference between rim and mainline?
rim | mainline |
To form a rim on.
To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit
(label) To roll around a rim.
A membrane.
The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
* {{quote-book, year=1599, author=Shakespeare, title=King Henry V, chapter=Act IV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand
, passage=Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.}}
(label) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
* 2008 , Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me) , page 216
normal, principal or standard.
(rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
(rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
As verbs the difference between rim and mainline
is that rim is to form a rim on while mainline is to inject (a drug) directly into a vein.As a noun rim
is an edge around something, especially when circular.As a adjective mainline is
normal, principal or standard.rim
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rim, rym, rime, from (etyl) .See also
* (wheel rim) mag wheel, alloy wheelVerb
(transitive)- Palm trees rim the beach.
- A walking path rims the island.
- The golf ball rimmed the cup.
- The basketball rimmed in and out.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rim, rym, ryme, reme, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From a variation of ream.Verb
(rimm)- When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.