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Definition of Chimer
1. n. One who chimes.
Definition of Chimer
1. Noun. A bell that chimes ¹
2. Noun. A person who rings chimes on bells ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chimer
1. one that chimes [n -S] - See also: chimes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimer
Literary usage of Chimer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Handy Pocket Dictionary of the English Language by Thomas Joseph Carey (1892)
"chimer'ical, a. imaginary ; wiid; fanciful. Chim'ney, n. (pl. Chimneys), a fiue;
a fire-place. Chimpan'see, n. a species of orang-outang. ..."
2. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
"... chill'yi Chil'peric Chil'tern chime i iv chime'ra /—, chimer'ic chimer'ical
chimer'ically chim'ing I chim'ney chim'ney-breast chim'ney-cap him'ney-cor ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. chimer-ic-al, chimer-ic-al-ly. [1*] CHIMNEY, a fire-place, a flue. (F.,-Gk.)
Formerly, ' a fire- )lace ;' see Shak. Cymb. ii. 4. 40. ..."
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