Limer vs. Rimer

Limernoun

(obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Rimernoun

A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Limernoun

Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Rimernoun

(obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

Limernoun

(West Indies) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

Rimernoun

A rhymer; a versifier.

Limernoun

A limehound; a limmer.

Rimernoun

A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Limer

A limer, or lymer , was a kind of dog, a scenthound, used on a leash in medieval times to find large game before it was hunted down by the pack. It was sometimes known as a lyam hound/dog or lime-hound, from the Middle English word lyam, meaning 'leash'.