[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rhyme \rhyme\, n. oe. ryme, rime, as. rimacm number; akin to
   ohg. rimacm number, succession, series, g. reim rhyme. the
   modern sense is due to the influence of f. rime, which is of
   german origin, and originally the same word. the old
   english spelling rime is becoming again common. see note
   under prime.
   1. an expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a
      composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of
      language. "railing rhymes." --daniel.
      1913 webster

            a ryme i learned long ago.            --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            he knew
            himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. pros. correspondence of sound in the terminating words
      or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another
      immediately or at no great distance. the words or
      syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant,
      or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a
      consonant. the vowel sounds and accents must be the same,
      as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be
      any.
      1913 webster

            for rhyme with reason may dispense,
            and sound has right to govern sense.  --prior.
      1913 webster

   3. verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each
      other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
      1913 webster

   4. a word answering in sound to another word.
      1913 webster

   female rhyme. see under female.

   male rhyme. see under male.

   rhyme or reason, sound or sense.

   rhyme royal pros., a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses,
      of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and
      fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.
      1913 webster
see also:
rime prime female rhyme female male rhyme male 
rhyme or reason rhyme royal 

Female >> F Words
Female, definition of term: Female
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Rhyme >> R Words
Rhyme, definition of term: Rhyme
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Rhyme Royal >> R Words
Rhyme Royal, definition of term: Rhyme Royal
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Female Screw >> F Words
Female Screw, definition of term: Female Screw
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Female Horse >> F Words
Female Horse, definition of term: Female Horse
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Female Parent >> F Words
Female Parent, definition of term: Female Parent
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Nursery Rhyme >> N Words
Nursery Rhyme, definition of term: Nursery Rhyme
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Internal Rhyme >> I Words
Internal Rhyme, definition of term: Internal Rhyme
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