chime

noun

1. Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).

   “Let the chimes meet so that the chime of one cask shall not work into the head of the next.”

   “The chime, or smooth curved surface of the cask, is produced by a dexterous use of the adze.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English chymbe, chyme, probably from Old Northern French chimbe (“cymbal”), a back-formation from chimble, cimble, from Latin cymbalum; perhaps reinforced by a misinterpretation of a Middle English *chymbele (from Old English ċimbala, ċimbal (“cymbal”)) as chymbe belle.

1. To make the sound of a chime.

   “The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.”

   “I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.”

2. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

   “And chime their sounding hammers.”

3. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

   “Chime his childish verse.”

4. To agree; to correspond.

   “The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.”

   “Everything chimed in with such a humor.”

5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

   “It shall not keep one settled pace of time, In the same tune it shall not always chime”