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CHAMBERED
chambered
(adjective) having compartmental chambers; “a spiral chambered seashell”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
chambered
(often, in combination) Having chambers.
Etymology 2
See chamber (verb)
Verb
chambered
simple past tense and past participle of chamber
Anagrams
• becharmed
Source: Wiktionary
Cham"bered, a.
Definition: Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
CHAMBER
Cham"ber, n. Etym: [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. Camber, Camera, Comrade.]
1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
2. pl.
Definition: Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray.
3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
5. 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.
6. pl. (Law.)
Definition: 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.
7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]
8. (Mil.) (a) 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. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary.
– Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city.
– Chamber council, a secret council. Shak.
– Chamber counsel or counselor, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court.
– Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
– Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
– Chamber lye, urine. Shak.
– Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch.
– Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court.
– To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
Cham"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chambering.]
1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]
Cham"ber, v. t.
1. To shut up, as inn a chamber. Shak.
2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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WHITE
(adjective) restricted to whites only; “under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains”; “a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization”
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