rimen.[L. rima.] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.(Sir T. Browne.)n.[AS. hrm; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrm, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rfo, hrfo.] White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.()The trees were now covered with rime. (De Quincey.)v. i. To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.()n.[Etymol. uncertain.] A step or round of a ladder; a rung.()n. Rhyme. See Rhyme.(Coleridge. Landor.)()v. i. & t. To rhyme. See Rhyme.()