Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chirm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chirm \Chirm\, n. [AS. cirm, cyrm.]
Noise; din; esp.; confused noise, clamor, or hum of many
voices, notes of birds, or the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Churme \Churme\, Chirm \Chirm\, n. [See {Chirm}.]
Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.]
The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches.
--Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chirm \Chirm\, v. i. [Cf. AS. cyrman, cirman, to cry out.
[root]24 Cf. {Chirp}.]
To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird. [Obs.]
--Huloet.
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