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Definition of Chirmed
1. chirm [v] - See also: chirm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirmed
Literary usage of Chirmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1898)
"Down on it all poured the polished and hearty sun, birds chirmed on every tree,
though it was late in the year ; blackcock whirred across the alders, ..."
2. The Romans of Partenay, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine by Couldrette, Walter William Skeat (1866)
"... chirmed in the grene wod ; Vppon the ryn saw A wyld wood anon, Where gret
peple were to-geders ..."
3. The Golden Dog (Le Chien D'or): A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in by William Kirby (1903)
"The orioles and blackbirds warbled in the bushes, and the insects which love
warmth and sunshine chirmed and chirruped among the ferns and branches as ..."
4. John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro (1898)
"Down on it all shone the polished and hearty sun, birds chirmed on every tree,
though it was late in the year; blackcock whirred across the alders, ..."
5. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"But sweetly you chirmed on ould May momin'."—FLECHER. Chitterling, (1) sb.
a swallow. (2) ,••. chattering, as applied to the noise that swallows make. ..."
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