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Chimb (chīm), n. [AS. cim, in cimstān base of a pillar; akin to D. kim, f. Sw. kim., G. kimme f.] The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Written also chime.]
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Chime (chīm), n. [See Chimb.] See Chine, n., 3.
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Chime (chīm), n. [OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. κύμβαλον. See Cymbal.]
1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
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Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton.
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2. A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
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We have heard the chimes at midnight. Shak.
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3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound. “Chimes of verse.” Cowley.
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Chime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chiming.] [See Chime, n.]
1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
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2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
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Everything chimed in with such a humor. W. irving.
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3. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with. [Colloq.]
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4. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. Cowley
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Chime (?), v. i.
1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
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And chime their sounding hammers. Dryden.
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2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
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Chime his childish verse. Byron.
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