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Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. [Obs.] Howell.

Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.]

Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within. Weale.

Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.

Having ten angles.

Having ten cells for seeds.

Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne.

One who declares. Abbott.

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. "Declarative laws." Baker. The "vox populi," so declarative on the same side. Swift.

By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration. The priest shall expiate it, that is, declaratively. Bates.

A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

In a declaratory manner.

Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature. Declaratory act (Law), an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.

To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] "To declare this a little." Boyle.

Avowedly; explicitly.

The state of being declared.

Declaration. [Obs.]

One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits. Udall.