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2. To accord in rhyme or sound.

And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well.

Dryden.

Rhyme, v. t. 1. To put into rhyme. Sir T. Wilson.

2. To influence by rhyme.

Hearken to a verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good.

Herbert.

Rhyme"less, a. Destitute of rhyme. Bp. Hall.

Rhym"er (?), n. One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be.

Milton.

Rhym"er*y (?), n. The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.

Rhyme"ster (?), n. A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. Bp. Hall. Byron.

Rhym"ic (?), a. Pertaining to rhyme.

Rhym"ist, n. A rhymer; a rhymester. Johnston.

||Rhyn`chob*del"le*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + ||&?;&?;&?; a leech.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of leeches including those ||that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the ||type.

||Rhyn`cho*ceph"a*la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + ||kefalh` head.] (Zoöl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave ||vertebræ, 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.

||Rhyn`cho*cœ"la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + koi`los ||hollow.] (Zoöl.) Same as Nemertina. -- Rhyn`cho*cœ"lous (#), a.

Rhyn"cho*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. "ry`gchos snout, beak + -lie: cf. F. rhyncholithe.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod beak.

||Rhyn`cho*nel"la (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout.] (Zoöl.) A ||genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while ||many are found fossil.

||Rhyn*choph"o*ra (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + fe`rein ||to carry.] (Zoöl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the ||snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.

Rhyn"cho*phore (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Rhynchophora.

||Rhyn*cho"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout.] (Zoöl.) Same ||as Hemiptera. [Written also Rhyncota.]

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

Rhy`pa*rog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; 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.

Rhy*sim"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; 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.

Rhythm (?), n. [F. rhythme, rythme, L. rhythmus, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; 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.

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.)