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Webster 1913 Edition


Couplet

Coup′let

(-l?t)
,
Noun.
[F.
couplet
, dim. of
couple
. See
Couple
,
Noun.
]
Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
A sudden
couplet
rushes on your mind.
Crabbe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Couplet

COUPLET

,
Noun.
1.
Two verses; a pair of rhymes.
2.
A division of a hymn or ode in which an equal number or equal measure of verse is found in each part, called a strophe.
3.
A pair; as a couplet of doves. [Not used.]