rime

  1. Noun.  (context, meteorology) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
  2. Noun.  (context, meteorology) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) a film or slimy coating.
  4. Noun.  (archaic, _) rhyme.
  5. Noun.  (linguistics) the 2nd part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
  6. Verb.  (obsolete form of, rhyme) .

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