[chime] n [ME chimbe, fr. OE cimb-; akin to MD kimme edge of a cask] (14c): the edge or rim of a cask or drum
[2]chime vb chimed ; chim.ing vi (14c) 1 a: to make a musical and esp. a harmonious sound b: to make the sounds of a chime
2: to be or act in accord "the music and the mood chimed well together" ~ vt 1: to cause to sound musically by striking
2: to produce by chiming
3: to call or indicate by chiming "the clock chimed midnight"
4: to utter repetitively: din
2. -- chim.er n [3]chime n [ME, cymbal, fr. MF chimbe, fr. OF, fr. L cymbalum cymbal] (15c) 1: an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2. a: a musically tuned set of bells b: one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck 3 a: the sound of a set of bells--usu. used in pl. b: a musical sound suggesting that of bells
4: accord, harmony "such happy ~ of fact and theory --Henry Maudsley"