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Air chamber
Air chamber Air" cham`ber
1. A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or
plant.
2. A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing
the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
AntechamberAntechamber An"te*cham`ber, n. [Cf. F. antichambre.]
1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and
leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an
outer chamber. See Lobby.
2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an
interior part.
The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal.
--Todd &
Bowman. AntichamberAntichamber An"ti*cham`ber, n. [Obs.]
See Antechamber. ArchchamberlainArchchamberlain Arch`cham"ber*lain, n. [Cf. G. erzk["a]mmerer.
See Arch-, pref.]
A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire,
whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in
England. BedchamberBedchamber Bed"cham`ber, n.
A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. --Shak.
Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal
household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week
each. [Eng.]
Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding
a similar official position in the royal household, during
the reign of a queen. [Eng.] Bridechamber
Bridechamber Bride"cham`ber, n.
The nuptial apartment. --Matt. ix. 15.
ChamberChamber Cham"ber, n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched
roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. ? anything with a vaulted roof
or arched covering; cf. Skr. 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. ChamberChamber 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.] Chamber
Chamber Cham"ber, v. t.
1. To shut up, as in a chamber. --Shak.
2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
Chamber of commerceCommerce Com"merce, n.
Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F.
commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis,
merchandise. See Merchant.]
1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp.
the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between
different places or communities; extended trade or
traffic.
The public becomes powerful in proportion to the
opulence and extensive commerce of private men.
--Hume.
2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in
society with another; familiarity.
Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce
with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
--Macaulay.
3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu.
4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to
exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle.
Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.
Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange;
communion; communication. Chamber of paramentsParament Par"a*ment, n. [Sp. paramento, from parar to prepare,
L. parare.]
Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state
apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; --
chiefly in the plural. [Obs.]
Lords in paraments on their coursers. --Chaucer.
Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch. ChamberedChamber 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.] Chambered
Chambered Cham"bered, a.
Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a
chambered gun.
Chamberer
Chamberer Cham"ber*er, n.
1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
2. A civilian; a carpetmonger. [Obs.]
ChamberingChamber 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.] Chambering
Chambering Cham"ber*ing, n.
Lewdness. [Obs.] --Rom. xiii. 13.
ChamberlainChamberlain Cham"ber*lain, n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF.
chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. k["a]mmerling,
kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See Chamber, and
-ling.] [Formerly written chamberlin.]
1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or
chambers.
2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.]
3. An officer having the direction and management of the
private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in
Europe, one of the high officers of a court.
4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the
chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.
The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown,
who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and
provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for
the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under
him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers.
His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain
of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal
housekeeping. Chamberlainship
Chamberlainship Cham"ber*lain*ship, n.
Office of a chamberlain.
chamberlinChamberlain Cham"ber*lain, n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF.
chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. k["a]mmerling,
kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See Chamber, and
-ling.] [Formerly written chamberlin.]
1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or
chambers.
2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.]
3. An officer having the direction and management of the
private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in
Europe, one of the high officers of a court.
4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the
chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.
The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown,
who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and
provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for
the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under
him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers.
His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain
of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal
housekeeping. Chambertin
Chambertin Cham`ber*tin", n.
A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.
Chambranle
Chambranle Cham`bran"le, n. [F.] (Arch.)
An ornamental bordering or framelike decoration around the
sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece
is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants.
ChambrayChambray Cham"bray, n. [From Cambrai, France. Cf. Cambric.]
A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish. ChambrelChambrel Cham"brel, n.
Same as Gambrel. Combustion chamber
Combustion chamber Com*bus"tion cham`ber (Mech.)
(a) A space over, or in front of, a boiler furnace where the
gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and
burnt.
(b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal
combustion engine where the charge is compressed and
ignited.
Gate chamberGate Gate (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
Cf. Gate a way, 3d Get.]
1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
which the passage can be closed.
2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
or of exit.
Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate,
horse way and footpath. --Shak.
Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
--Matt. xvi.
18.
5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
to pass through or into.
6. (Founding)
(a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
into the mold; the ingate.
(b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
or sullage piece. [Written also geat and git.]
Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
which receives the opened gate.
Gate channel. See Gate, 5.
Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
crossing.
Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
which affords a straight passageway when open.
Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein.
To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
To stand in the gate, or gates, to occupy places or
advantage, power, or defense. InchamberInchamber In*cham"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inchambered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Inchambering.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf.
OF. enchambrer.]
To lodge in a chamber. [R.] --Sherwood. InchamberedInchamber In*cham"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inchambered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Inchambering.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf.
OF. enchambrer.]
To lodge in a chamber. [R.] --Sherwood. InchamberingInchamber In*cham"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inchambered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Inchambering.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf.
OF. enchambrer.]
To lodge in a chamber. [R.] --Sherwood. Ladies of the bedchamberBedchamber Bed"cham`ber, n.
A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. --Shak.
Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal
household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week
each. [Eng.]
Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding
a similar official position in the royal household, during
the reign of a queen. [Eng.] Lock chamberLock Lock, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to
OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel.
l?ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf.
Locket.]
1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a
door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a
bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the
thing fastened.
2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one
thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De
Quincey.
3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
--Dryden.
4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream
or canal.
5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in
raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
another; -- called also lift lock.
6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is
exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,
etc.
7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.
Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing
whether it as has been tampered with.
Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a
canal lock.
Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.
Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is
attached.
Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail
nearest the lock.
Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus
differing from a mortise lock.
Meaning of Chamb from wikipedia
- The
Chamb (German:
Chamb; Czech: Kouba) is a
river in the
Czech Republic and in Germany. It is a 50-kilometre (31 mi)
right tributary of the Regen. The...
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Chambly may
refer to:
Chambly, Quebec, a city in Quebec,
Canada Chambly (federal
electoral district), a
defunct federal electoral district in Quebec,...
- task of
defence of
Chamb; the
Indian army
believed that by
attacking Gujrat and Tanda, they
could guarantee the
defence of
Chamb. In
comparison to 1965...
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Noori Chamb is a
waterfall in the
headwaters of the
Poonch River in
Poonch district of
Jammu and
Kashmir in India. It is
named after the
Mughal queen...
- Beloeil—
Chambly is a
federal electoral district in Quebec. It encomp****es a
portion of
Quebec formerly included in the
electoral district of
Chambly—Borduas...
- Fort
Chambly is a
historic fort in La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Regional County Muni****lity, Quebec. It is
designated as a
National Historic Site of Canada...
-
Chambly—Borduas (also
previously known as
Chambly and
Chambly—Verchères) was a
federal electoral district in the
province of Quebec, Canada, that was...
- north–south line of
communications p****ing via Gujrat. The
fighting around Chamb was
intensely fierce and took a toll on both the
advancing ****stani troops...
-
Kaldachnisar and Nandansar, fall in this region. The
historical waterfalls,
Noori chamb falls in
Behramgala of this region. In
local dialect the p****es, alpine...
- The
Chambly Basin (French: b****in de
Chambly) is a shallow,
oblong body of
water formed by an
enlargement of the
Richelieu River,
extending out from the...
