chirm (cherm)

[Also charm (see charm2 ), formerly written cherm, churm, The bird chirms as it is whistled to. Wodroephe, Fr. and Eng. Grammar (1623), p. 505. W. W. Story, He and She, p. 1. Now listening to the chirming of the birds. 2. To emit a mournful sound, as birds collected together before a storm. Π. trans. To utter as with a chirp.