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▪ I. chimer1, chimere|ˈtʃɪmə(r), tʃɪˈmɪə(r)|
Forms: 4 chemer, chemeyr, 4, 6 chimmer, 5–7 chymer, 5–8 chymere, 6 chymmer, chymour, shemer, chammer, chamarre, 6–7 chimer, 9 chimar, 7– chimere.
[The same word as OF. chamarre (mod.F. simarre) ‘a loose and light gowne’ (Cotgr.). Diez mentions Sp. chamarra, zamarra, -o, sheepskin, Sard. acciamarra white sheepskin coat, It. zimarra, Pr. samarra, of uncertain origin. In med.(Anglo-)L. chimēra, chimæra, whence perh. the Eng. form, or vice versa.]
A loose upper robe. a. esp. That worn by a bishop, to which the lawn sleeves are attached.
‘Which, before and after the reformation, till Queen Elizabeth's time, was always of scarlet silk; but Bishop Hooper scrupling first at the robe itself, and then at the colour of it, as too light and gay for the episcopal gravity, it was changed for a chimere of black satin’ (Wheatley Common Prayer (1710) ii. §4).
1375Barbour Bruce xvi. 580 The gude bischop..A chemeyr [v.r. chemer, chimmer] for till heill his veid, Aboue his armyng had. Ibid. 601 With that he kest of his Chemer. c1430Henryson Mor. Fab. 2nd Prol. 30 His chymeris wes of chambelote purpour broun. 1563Foxe A. & M. 1050 Hys vpper garmente was a long Shemer [ed. 1583 Chymere] downe to the foote, and vnder that a whyte lynnen rochet. Ibid. (1596) 295/2 Their [priests'] chimmers and scappillers which they weare. a1586Maitland Poems (1786) 188 (Jam.) Thair hudes, thair chymours, thair garnysings. 1634Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 273 Their black chimere, or sleeveless coat, put upon the fine white rochet. 1633Sc. Act Chas. I (1817) V. 21 (Jam.) A chymer..to be worne over thair whytes at the tyme of thair consecratioun. 1679Oldham Satires on Jesuits (1854) 131 Albs, ammits, rochets, chimers, hoods, and cowls. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xvi. 199 Grindal, the new Bp. of London, preached at St. Paul's Cross, in his rochet and chimere. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 71 His upper garment was a long scarlet Chymere. 1883Bp. Fraser in Standard 20 Jan. 3/6 The chimere is properly a kind of cope with apertures for the arms to pass through.
b. As worn by others: variously explained.
[1380Acts New College, Oxford Rubr. 23 Quod Custos, Socii et scholares..capis, chimeris, et tabardis longis et talaribus..superius induantur.] a1500Metr. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 629 Est interula, braccæ, camisia, toga, et iupa, [glossed] smokke, brechys, schyrt, gowne, a chymere. 1530Palsgr. 558/2 Your sworde freateth the plyghtes of your chymer [chammare]. Ibid. 637/1 Put of this chymmer, it mysbecometh you. Ibid. 674/1 Wyll you put on your chamarre to daye? a1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 304 This purple chimar which we wear.
▪ II. chimer2|ˈtʃaɪmə(r)|
[f. chime v. + -er1.]
One who chimes bells, or plays a set of chimes.
1611Cotgr. Carillonneur, a chymer, or knowler, of bels. 1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 331 A chimer, campanorum pulsator ad numeros. 1872Ellacombe Ch. Bells Devon 262 Every Ringer shall also be a chimer. |