achimeadj.
/əˈtʃʌɪm/, U.S. /əˈtʃaɪm/ poetic.
In predicative use: that is chiming or ringing.
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1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 100 A little belfry of grain-bells, all a-chime.
1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Apr. 224/2 The leafy woods are all a-chime.
1949 W. C. Williams Coll. Poems (1986) II. 181 The bells achime above the fallen snow.
2001 M. Oberli-Turner & H. Beaumont tr. B. Hellinger Love's Own Truths 428 I strike the gong its one tone reverberates and sets the lesser bells achime.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1860- take the tales out of a person's mouth
- take the test
- take the throne
- take the time
- take the trouble
- take the veil
- take the veil from a person's eyes
- take the view of
- take the voices
- take the vows
- take the wall
- take the wall of a person
- take the water
- take the waters
- take the way
- take the weight off
- take the weight off one's feet
- take the whiff
- take the white veil
- take the will for the deed
- take the wind out of the sails of
- take the wire edge off
- take the woe with the weal
- take the word
- take the words out of a person's mouth