Trochaic: alternatives and connections

Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S.…

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.

An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or th…

The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 i…

Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth al…

A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.