rhime

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Noun

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rhime (plural rhimes)

  1. Obsolete form of rhyme.
    • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, [], London: [] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
      these Rhimes were made at in dorso

Verb

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rhime (third-person singular simple present rhimes, present participle rhiming, simple past and past participle rhimed)

  1. Obsolete form of rhyme.
    • 1766, Thomas Sadler, “Old Samon. A Tale”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page 110:
      I ſhould have ſaid, her thoughts of Mind, / My Readers they will think, / But I like Hudibraſs muſt find, / A rhiming Word to chink.