Rime (?), n. [L. rima.]
A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Sir T. Browne.
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Rime, n. [AS. hrim; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrim, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rifo, hrifo.]
White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.
The trees were now covered with rime.
De Quincey.
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Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.]
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
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Rime, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
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Rime, n.
Rhyme. See Rhyme.
Coleridge. Landor.
⇒ This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.
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Rime, v. i. & t.
To rhyme. See Rhyme.
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