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chime, in music: see bell bell, in music, a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow metal vessel, often cup-shaped with an outward-flaring rim, damped at one end and set into vibration by a blow from a clapper within or from a hammer without. ..... Click the link for more information. . chime1 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 chime2, chimb, chine the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the echoes of the chime die away--they have endured but an instant--and a light, half-subdued laughter floats after them as they depart. A bell was ringing from the tower of a little white church on the far side; mellowly and dreamily sweet, the chime floated across the water blent with the moan of the sea. The slave auctioneer's bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. |
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