*chime*

a. [ L. Archimedeus. ] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Archimedean screw, or
Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>pr. n.. [ Gr. 'Archimh`dhs. ] Born at Syracuse about 287 b. c.: died at Syracuse, 212 b. c. The most celebrated geometrician of antiquity. He is said to have been a relative of King Hiero of Syracuse, to have traveled early in life in Egypt, and to have been the pupil of Conon the Samian at Alexandria. His most important services were rendered to pure geometry, but his popular fame rests chiefly on his application of mathematical theory to mechanics. He invented the water-screw, and discovered the principle of the lever. Concerning the latter the famous saying is attributed to him, "Give me where I may stand and I will move the world " (do`s pou^ stw^ kai` to`n ko`smos kinh`sw). By means of military engines which he invented he postponed the fall of Syracuse when besieged by Marcellus 214-212 b. c., whose fleet he is incorrectly said to have destroyed by mirrors reflecting the sun's rays. He detected the admixture of silver, and determined the proportions of the two metals, in a crown ordered by Hiero to be made of pure gold. The method of detecting the alloy, without destroying the crown, occurred to him as he stepped in the bath and observed the overflow caused by the displacement of the water. He ran home through the street naked crying heureka, "I have found it." He was killed at the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus. Century Dict. 1906 [ PJC ]

n. [ 1st blanch + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chimb. ] See Chine, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. ky`mbalon. See Cymbal. ] 1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have heard the chimes at midnight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound. “Chimes of verse.” Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chimed p. pr. & vb. n. Chiming. ] [ See Chime, n. ] 1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything chimed in with such a humor. W. irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. Cowley [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And chime their sounding hammers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chime his childish verse. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chimeras [ L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. &unr_; a she-goat, a chimera, fr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chamarre., F. simarre (cf. It. zimarra), fr. Sp. chamarra, zamarra, a coat made of sheepskins, a sheepskin, perh. from Ar. sammūr the Scythian weasel or marten, the sable. Cf. Simarre. ] The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Chimerical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wildy; vainly; fancifully. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. The same as Isocheimal. [ 1913 Webster ]