Definition of "clime" [clime]

• Climate: in search of warmer climes. (noun)

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• "The Farmers' Almanac forecasts what it calls "clime and punishment.""
• "Our clime is a furnace, and her children are flame, at least, strange sir, some of them are a self-consuming flame."
• "In pursuance of the first plan, he proposed to put a "clime" upon the king's leg, rightly judging that that would mortify him to the last and perfect degree; and as soon as the clime should operate, he meant to get Canty's help, and force the king to expose his leg in the highway and beg for alms."