rime
1Also called rime ice . an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.: Compare frost (def. 3), glaze (def. 17).
to cover with rime or hoarfrost.
Origin of rime
1Other words from rime
- rimeless, adjective
Other definitions for rime (2 of 2)
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How to use rime in a sentence
He would therefore have had no hesitation in riming these words together; and we cannot doubt that he here did so.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThere is, in Chaucer, no sixth riming word in -erme at all, and none in either -irme or -yrme.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerIn order to shew the riming more clearly, I have 'set back' the 3rd, 6th, and 7th lines of each stanza.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThis graceful Balade is a happy specimen of Chaucer's skill in riming.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerIn both these stanzas we find the riming words spoken, wroken, broken, which obviously belong to the same set.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for rime (1 of 2)
/ (raɪm) /
frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects
(tr) to cover with rime or something resembling rime
Origin of rime
1British Dictionary definitions for rime (2 of 2)
/ (raɪm) /
an archaic spelling of rhyme
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