Helen Fenton

Chalybean: Definition and part of speech

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Chalybean

  1. a. Of superior quality and temper; — applied to steel.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chalybeate: Definition and part of speech

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Chalybeate

  1. n. Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.
  2. a. Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chamber: Definition and part of speech

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Chamber

  1. n. A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
  2. n. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
  3. n. Apartments in a lodging house.
  4. n. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
  5. n. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
  6. n. 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.
  7. n. 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.
  8. n. A chamber pot.
  9. n. 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.
  10. n. A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.