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Pronunciation : Rime
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. rima.]
Definition : Defn: A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rime
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. hrim; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrim, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rifo, hrifo.]
Definition : Defn: White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. De Quincey.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rime
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rime
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition : Defn: A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rime
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Rhyme. See Rhyme. Coleridge. Landor.

Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rime
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To rhyme. See Rhyme.

i. & t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913