2. Verb. (third-person singular of chime) ¹
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Definition of Chimes
1. chime [v] - See also: chime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimes
Literary usage of Chimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"Those chimes, those chimes of Motherland, Upon a Christmas morn, Outbreaking,
... The chimes of England, how they pea! From tower and gothic pile. ..."
2. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"The most usual compass of a set of chimes is from A to e2 (20 notes). The tone
of chimes consists of a series of prominent overtones or ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"The chimes of Santa Lucia W By JUAN CORTE ILLUSTRATED BY JA CAHILL ITHIN a few
... "The chimes?" I asked in astonishment. "Who rings the chimes up there? ..."
4. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"Henri returns, in Mexican costume, and is not recognized. Corneville castle
is "haunted." chimes ring there mysteriously. Henri will investigate. ..."
5. The Poets of America edited by John Keese (1842)
"THE chimes, the chimes of Motherland, Of England green and old, That out from fane
... Those chimes that tell a thousand tales, Sweet tales of olden time ! ..."
6. Poems by Edna Dean Proctor (1866)
"chimes that marked the rounding ages, ever grander in their play, Ringing clear
... 'T is the chorus of the ages,— 't is the noonday chimes are ringing! ..."
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