(rīm) noun
[The spelling rhyme, introduced in the 17th century through association with rhythm, is etymologically unjustified.]
1. A correspondence of sounds in two or more words, especially at the ends of lines of poetry. See also NEAR RIME, INTERNAL RIME, TERMINAL RIME.
2. A verse, line, etc., corresponding in terminal sound with another.
3. A word corresponding in sound with another.
4. Poetry; verse; also, a tale in verse. See synonyms under POETRY.
—v. rimed, rim·ing v.i.
1. To make rimes or verses; compose poetry.
2. To correspond in sound or in terminal sounds.
—v.t.
3. To put or write in rime or verse.
4. To use as a rime.
5. To cause to correspond in sound. Also spelled rhyme. [Prob. fusion of OF rime <Gmc. + OE rīm a number]
—rime′less adjective

(rīm) noun
1. Hoarfrost.
2. Meterol. A rough or feathery coating of ice deposited by fog on terrestrial objects.
—v.t. & v.i. rimed, rim·ing To cover with or congeal into rime. [OE hrīm frost]