rheumy

UK /ˈɹuːmi/ US /ˈɹumi/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery.

2

Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.

So, too-much Cold couers vvith hoary Fleece / The head of Age, his fleſh diminiſhes, / VVithers his face, hollovves his rheumy eyes, / And makes himſelf euen his ovvn ſelf deſpiſe; […]

The Northern Breath, that freezes Floods, he binds; / VVith all the race of Cloud-diſpelling VVinds: / […] / From his divided Beard tvvo Streams he pours, / His Head and rhumy Eyes diſtill in Shovvers.

3

Especially of the air: damp, moist.

And vvill he ſteale out of his vvholſome bed / To dare the vile contagion of the Night? / And tempt the Rhevvmy, and vnpurged Ayre, / To adde vnto hit^([sic – meaning his]) ſickneſſe?

The reumy vault vvill force your eyes to vveepe, / VVhilſt you behold true deſolation: […]

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