Definition of Chiming

1. Verb. (present participle of chime) ¹

2. Noun. An instance of chiming; a sound that chimes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chiming

1. chime [v] - See also: chime

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiming

chimerid
chimerids
chimerism
chimerisms
chimers
chimes
chimest
chimichanga
chimichangas
chimichurri
chimichurris
chiminage
chiminages
chiminea
chimineas
chiming (current term)
chimings
chimist
chimists
chimla
chimlas
chimley
chimleys
chimney
chimney-duty
chimney-money
chimney bellflower
chimney breast
chimney corner
chimney corners

Literary usage of Chiming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1866)
"THE chiming OF CHURCH BELLS. WE have before published, in June, 1864, with an illustration, an article on Ringing and chiming, but we gladly reproduce, ..."

2. Prose and Verse, from the Port Folio of an Editor by Isaac Clarke Pray (1836)
"Low chiming bells, low chiming bells, The Past their deep vibration knells ; And memory views, while veiled in tears, The spectre-pageant of dead years. ..."

3. The Huron Chief, and Other Poems by Adam Kidd (1830)
"This done, 1 shed the big and parting tear, And sighed to that loved spot a last farewell! THE chiming BELL. ' Now, on the gentle breath of morn, ..."

4. Journal [Aug. 1, 1832 to July 17, 1833] by Fanny Kemble (1835)
"... To feel this soft air on thy brow, And listen to the chiming tide Along that smooth shore breaking now ; I would that thou wert here to bless, ..."

5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1857)
"... at the same time that it is probably some guarantee for his veracity :— which form a sort of chorus, chiming in whenever anything American is contrasted ..."

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