CHIME

I. noun Etymology: Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb-; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask Date: 14th century the edge or rim of a cask or drum, II. verb (~d; chiming) Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound, to make the sounds of a ~, to be or act in accord , transitive verb to cause to sound musically by striking, to produce by chiming, to call or indicate by chiming , to utter repetitively ; din 2, ~r noun III. noun Etymology: Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal Date: 15th century an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells, 2. a musically tuned set of bells, one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck, 3. the sound of a set of bells, a musical sound suggesting that of bells, accord , harmony