Usage of "the chimes"

Name of the numbers station operated by Ministry of National Defence of East Germany.

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Usage of the chimes in English

But he has never let the chimes play since his daughter died. 
 The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 

Up while the chimes went four, and so put down my journal. 
 The Diary of Samuel Pepys 

Ah, we have heard the chimes at twenty-four hundred hours, Master Shallow.' 
 The dark side of the sun 

Ring, ring, ring, broke forth the chimes on the frosty midday air. 
 The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 

Up the little path press the bell and the chimes are ringing. 
 A singular man 

Ben, you should hear the chimes of the 'New Church' at Delft. 
 Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates 

And all the night the chimes in the College tower struck the hours- 
 The Tin Soldier 

Eager eyes watch in the belfry whence the chimes proclaim the great event. 
 The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance 

Through the night he counted one after another the chimes of the clock. 
 Jean-Christophe, Volume I 

However, all was silent save for the chimes striking midnight in the city. 
 The Adventures of Gerard 

Suddenly the ringing of the chimes of Sloperton parish church met her ear. 
 Condensed Novels 

Faintly the chimes of the old College came up to them. 
 The Tin Soldier 

I call it my first friend and the chimes my second. 
 Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore 

On the last day of this year, Grame, you shall hear the chimes. 
 The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 

Thou and I have heard the chimes at midnight, melancholy sweet. 
 Cruel Barbara Allen / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volu... 

Braan and his lieutenants followed the chimes, attending to their calls. 
 Genellan: planetfall 

Meanings of the chimes in English