chimbley (chimbli)

A dialectal form of chimney. chimel (chim), n. [ Ch [ y ] mme belle [var. chyme ], cimbalum. Prompt . Parv., p. 75. As a chymbe [var. chime , chim ] or brasen belle That nouther con vnderstand ny telle What tokeneth her owne soun. Dryden, Cym. and Iph. chimel (chim), v.; pret. and pp. chimed , ppr. chiming . [Early mod. E. also chimb , himen , sound as a bell, chimbe , chime , a bell: see chime1, n. Cf. Sw. kimba , ring (an alarm-bell), toll, = Dan. kime , ring, chime.] I. in trans. 1. To ring as a bell; jingle; jangle. Chymyn , or chenkyn [chink] with bellys, tintillo. Prompt. Parv ., p. 75. Chaucer , Prol. to Reeve's Tale, 1. 42. The sely tonge may well rynge and chimbe . 2. To ring as bells in unison; sound in consonance, rhythm, or harmony; give out harmonious sounds; accord. The song of those who chime for ever, After the chiming of the eternal spheres. Keats. IMG:content-0286.png:[blocks in formation] Set her sad will no le to chime with his. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. There is nothing eccentric, that will not fall into the general aim of the plan, and chime with it. Bushnell, Nature and the Super nat., p. 395. To chime in with, to be in harmony with; share or take part in approvingly. He not only sat quietly and heard his father railed at, but often chimed in with the discourse. Arbuthnot , John Bull. Everything chimed in with such a humor. Irving . II. trans. 1. To cause to sound harmoniously, as a set of bells; strike with or move to measure. With lifted arms they order every blow, And chime their sounding hammers in a row. chimb in.