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Definition of Chirm
1. v. i. To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird.
2. n. Noise; din; esp.; confused noise, clamor, or hum of many voices, notes of birds, or the like.
Definition of Chirm
1. Verb. (obsolete) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chirm
1. to chirp [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: chirp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirm
Literary usage of Chirm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"... returned by the President with his objections, tailed to become a law. and was
in nil respects reciprocal us to citizens of the United Stales in chirm. ..."
2. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1901)
"... in 189-2, got \iy Strathblane. her dam, Violet, 1900 barren to ditto - - -4 ' \, "g"
by Haymaker, out of Silver Ore, by Solon. 189!) bf Л/не chirm, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To chirm, va To warble, S. The zephyrs seem'd mair saft to play, The birds mair
... A chirm she heard : wi' muckle speed, Out o' a hole, she «hot her head, ..."