[AS. cim, in cimstān base of a pillar; akin to D. kim, f. Sw. kim., G. kimme f.]
The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Written also chime.]

Chimb
v. i.

Chime. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy