单词 | chiming |
释义 | chimingn. The action of chime v.1 in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] rhymec1300 ranea1500 chiming1580 jingling1582 concord1589 rhythm1599 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > series of bells chiming1580 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Carillon, a chimyng of bels, courfew. 1646 J. Shirley Friendship in Poems i. 67 The chiming of the Spheres. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 63 The rhyme is dispos'd carelessly, and far from often chymeing. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. i. i. xxxii. 266 [Piers Plowman] is writ in metre, but much different from the manner of our modern verse, there being no rhithms or chiming of words. 1864 Ecclesiologist in Ellacombe Bells of Church (1872) iv. 265 In both chiming and ringing the motion of the bell is oscillatory. Compounds chiming-barrel n. (see quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] > chiming apparatus chime1463 chime-barrel1728 chiming-barrel1884 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 51 Chiming Barrel, a brass or wooden cylinder studded with pins for lifting the hammers in a chiming train. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chimingadj. That chimes, in various senses of the verb; spec. in chiming clock. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > sound of bells tinglingc1450 jingling1558 chiming1648 knelling1662 tolling1728 clinking1871 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [adjective] > jingling tinkling1625 ding-dong1628 chiming1648 jinglya1806 jingling1841 tintinnabulant1865 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. I2v Fall down..from those thy chiming spheres, To charme our soules. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) Pref. Gen. 13 This Assertion..is a mere chiming contradiction. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xl. 135 The poet's chiming close. 1789 Loiterer 18 July No. 25. p. 14 The chiming Clock, or the repeating Watch. a1870 Monsell Church Bells in H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church (1872) i. 20 Chiming Bells, with changeful sound, Scatter music all around. 1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches 39 Chiming Clock..Tower clocks and some antique clocks chime on bells. Modern domestic clocks usually have the Westminster or modified Whittington chime on rod gongs. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > pleasant quality musica1586 euphonia1591 euphony1623 chimingness1674 silveriness1856 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. Those bewitcheries of speech that flow from Gloss and Chimingness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1580adj.1648 |
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