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{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; rhythm. ] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; rhythm. ] Want of rhythm. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Berhymed p. pr. & vb. n. Berhyming. ] To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about. [ Sometimes use depreciatively. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an alternative genus classification for the cactus wrens.
Syn. -- genus Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus Heleodytes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Chlorine + hydrogen + -ic. ] (Chem.) Same as Hydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Inter- + the Greek letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. -- n. An interhyal ligament or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + rhyme: cf. F. monorime. ] A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not rhythmic. [ Narrower terms: unrhythmical (vs. rhythmical), unrhythmic ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The natural family of monotremes including the platypus (duckbill) (Ornithorhyncus anatinus).
Syn. -- family Ornithorhynchidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + &unr_; snout, beak. ] (Zool.) A genus of monotremes including the platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus). See Duck mole, under Duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'oxy`s sharp + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; snout. ] (Zool.) The maioid crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ra`mfos a beak + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; snout.] (Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OE. ryme, rime, AS. rīm number; akin to OHG. rīm 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 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rhymed p. pr. & vb. n. Rhyming. ] [ OE. rimen, rymen, AS. rīman to count: cf. F. rimer to rhyme. See Rhyme, n. ] 1. To make rhymes, or verses. “Thou shalt no longer ryme.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To accord in rhyme or sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To put into rhyme. Sir T. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To influence by rhyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hearken to a verser, who may chance
Rhyme thee to good. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of rhyme. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. Bp. Hall. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to rhyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rhymer; a rhymester. Johnston. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a leech.] (Zool.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + kefalh` head.] (Zool.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + koi`los hollow.] (Zool.) Same as Nemertina. -- Rhyn`cho*coe"lous a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "ry`gchos snout, beak + -lie: cf. F. rhyncholithe.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod beak. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout.] (Zool.) A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + fe`rein to carry.] (Zool.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils. [1913 Webster]

n. (Zool.) One of the Rhynchophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout.] (Zool.) Same as Hemiptera. [Written also Rhyncota.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "rei^n to flow + -lite.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. -- Rhy`o*lit"ic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; painting foul or mean objects; "ryparo`s filthy, dirty + gra`fein to write, paint.] In ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; flow + -meter. ] An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rhythme, rythme, L. rhythmus, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; measured motion, measure, proportion, fr. "rei^n to flow. See Stream.] 1. In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mus.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent. Moore (Encyc.) [1913 Webster]

3. A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables. [1913 Webster]

4. The harmonious flow of vocal sounds. [1913 Webster]

n. One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. L. rhythmicus, F. rhythmique. ] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm [ 1913 Webster ]

Day and night
I worked my rhythmic thought. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhythmical accent. (Mus.) See Accent, n., 6 (c). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a rhythmical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Writing rhythm; verse making. “The rhythming monk.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being without rhythm. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhythm + -meter. ] An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Rhythm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) See Rytina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stereo- + hydraulic. ] Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sterhydraulic press, an hydraulic press producing pressure or motion by the introduction of a solid substance (as a long rod, or a cord wound on a roller) into a cylinder previously filled with a liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]