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Office if a chamberlain.

A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.

h difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.

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.

Ambergris. [Obs.] Milton.

To lodge in a chamber. [R.] Sherwood.

The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

See Liquidambar.

Formerly, a kind of large war galley.

An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolish…

A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.

to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.

ost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

ts, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels.

The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office.

furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers.

An alterative. [R.] Chambers.

A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.

understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.