Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHIME, v.i.

1. To sound in consonance or harmony; to accord. To make the rough recital aptly chime. – Prior.
2. To correspond in relation or proportion. Father and son, husband and wife, correlative terms, do readily chime. – Locke.
3. To agree; to fall in with. He often chimed in with the discourse. – Arbuthnot.
4. To agree; to suit with. – Locke.
5. To jingle; to clatter. – Smith. The sely tonge may wel ringe and chimbe. – Chaucer.