Part 1862

<hw>Chimb</hw> <tt>(ch\'c6m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cim</ets>, in <ets>cimst\'ben</ets> base of a pillar; akin to D. <ets>kim</ets>, f. Sw. <ets>kim</ets>., G. <ets>kimme</ets> f.]</ety> <def>The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See <er>Chine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hime</asp>.]</altsp>

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<hw>Chimb</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>Chime.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Chime</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chimb</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Chine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def>

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<hw>Chime</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chimbe</ets>, prop., cymbal, OF. <ets>cymbe</ets>, <ets>cymble</ets>, in a dialectic form, <ets>chymble</ets>, F. <ets>cymbale</ets>, L. <ets>cymbalum</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Cymbal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.</def>

<blockquote>Instruments that made melodius <b>chime</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, 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.</def>

<blockquote>We have heard the <b>chimes</b> at midnight. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.</def> "<i>Chimes</i> of verse."

<i>Cowley.</i>

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<hw>Chime</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chimed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chiming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Chime</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be in harmony; to agree; to sut; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.</def>

<blockquote>Everything <b>chimed</b> in with such a humor. <i>W. irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by <i>in</i> or <i>in with</i>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.</def>

<i>Cowley</i>

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<hw>Chime</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>chime</b> their sounding hammers. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.</def>

<blockquote><b>Chime</b> his childish verse. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Chim"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who chimes.</def>

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