chime

1. an individual bell or the sound it makes when struck

2. the machinery employed to sound a bell in this way

3. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of vertical metal tubes of graduated length, suspended in a frame and struck with a hammer

chime

², chimb, chine

the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel

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