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Webster's 1828 DictionaryRIME, n. [The deduction of this word from the Greek is a palpable error. The true orthography is rime or ryme; but as rime is hoar frost, and rhyme gives the true pronunciation, it may be convenient to continue the present orthography. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster's
NOAA Weather GlossaryTiny balls of ice that form when tiny drops of water (usually notprecipitation) freeze on contact with the surface. Oxford Reference Dictionary1. n. & v. --n. 1 frost, esp. formed from cloud or fog. 2 poet. hoar-frost. --v.tr. cover with rime. Etymology: OE hrim 2. archaic var. of RHYME. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRhyme Rhyme, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[=i]m number; akin to OHG. r[=i]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note under Prime.] 1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language. ``Railing rhymes.'' --Daniel. A ryme I learned long ago. --Chaucer. He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. --Milton. 2. (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any. For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has right to govern sense. --Prior. 3. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes. 4. A word answering in sound to another word. Female rhyme. See under Female. Male rhyme. See under Male. Rhyme or reason, sound or sense. Rhyme royal (Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses, of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRime Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.] To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRime Rime, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A step or round of a ladder; a rung. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRime Rime, n. Rhyme. See Rhyme. --Coleridge. --Landor. Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRime Rime, v. i. & t. To rhyme. See Rhyme. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRime Rime, n. [L. rima.] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. --Sir T. Browne. Webster's 1913 DictionaryRime Rime, n. [AS. hr[=i]m; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hr[=i]m, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. r[=i]fo, hr[=i]fo.] White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. --De Quincey. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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