Meaning of FEMALE RHYMES
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| Definition: | | \Female rhymes\ (Pros.),
double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes
because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two
syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at
the end of each line.
Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
(strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
& C. -- {Female screw}, the spiral-threaded cavity into
which another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.
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