• 1. an individual bell or the sound it makes when struck
• 2. the machinery employed to sound a bell in this way
• 3. a harmonious or ringing sound
• 4. agreement; concord
• 5. to sound (a bell) or (of a bell) to be sounded by a clapper or hammer
• 6. to produce (music or sounds) by chiming
• 7. to indicate or show (time or the hours) by chiming
• 8. to summon, announce, or welcome by ringing bells
• 9. to agree or harmonize
• 10. to speak or recite in a musical or rhythmic manner
• 11. C13: probably shortened from...

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• 1. the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel
• 2. Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb

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