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4. To make a rude correspondence of
sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. Cowley

Chime (?), v. i. 1.
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set
of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

And chime their sounding hammers.

Dryden.

2. To utter harmoniously; to recite
rhythmically.

Chime his childish verse.

Byron.

Chim"er (?), n. One who
chimes.

Chime"ra (?), n.; pl.
Chimeras (#). [L. chimaera a chimera (in
sense 1), Gr. &?; a she-goat, a chimera, fr. &?; he-goat; cf.
Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.] 1.
(Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and
as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of
a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles."
Milton.

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy,
or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an
author. Burke.

Chi*mere" (?), n. [OF.
chamarre., F. simarre (cf.


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