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A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a
bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. |
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Apartments in a lodging house. |
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A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative
body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. |
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A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or
association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. |
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A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,
the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of
the eye. |
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A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room
or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done
out of court. |
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A chamber pot. |
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That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds
the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore;
-- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp.
in breech-loading guns. |
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A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain
the powder. |
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A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its
breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and
theatrical cannonades. |
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To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. |
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To be lascivious. |
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To shut up, as in a chamber. |
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To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. |
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