rime

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

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noun

Also 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).

verb (used with object), rimed, rim·ing.

to cover with rime or hoarfrost.

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Origin of rime

before 900; Middle English rim,Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm,Old Norse hrīm

OTHER WORDS FROM rime

rimeless, adjective

Other definitions for rime (2 of 2)

rime²

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

noun, verb (used with or without object), rimed, rim·ing.

rhyme.

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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 Chaucer
There 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 Chaucer
In 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 Chaucer
This 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 Chaucer

In 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)

rime¹

/ (raɪm) /

noun

frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects

verb

(tr) to cover with rime or something resembling rime

Word Origin for rime

Old English hrīm; related to Dutch rijm, Middle High German rīmeln to coat with frost

British Dictionary definitions for rime (2 of 2)

rime²

/ (raɪm) /

noun, verb

an archaic spelling of rhyme

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