chamber

CHAMBER, CHAMBER, 1. An apartment in an upper story, or in a story above the lower floor of a dwelling house; often used as a lodging room. 2. Any retired room; any private apartment which a person occupies; as, he called on the judge at his chamber Joseph entered into his chamber and wept. Genesis 43:30. 3. Any retired place. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Proverbs 7:27. 4. A hollow or cavity; as the chamber of the eye. 5. A place where an assembly meets, and the assembly itself; as star-chamber; imperial chamber; chamber of accounts; ecclesiastical chamber; privy chamber; chamber of commerce, etc. 6. In military affairs, the chamber of a mortar is that part of the chase, where the powder lies. 7. A powder-chamber, or bomb-chamber, a place under ground for holding powder and bombs, where they may be safe and secured from rains. 8. The chamber of a mine, a place, generally of a cubical form, where the powder is confined. 9. A species of ordnance. 10. The clouds. Psalms 104:3. 11. Certain southern constellations which are hid from us. The chambers of the south. Job 9:9. CHAMBER-council, a private or secret council CHAMBER-counsel, a counselor, who gives his opinion in a private apartment, but does not advocate causes in court. CHAMBER, CHAMBER, verb intransitive 1. To reside in or occupy as a chamber 2. To be wanton; to indulge in lewd or immodest behavior. Romans 13:1. CHAMBER, CHAMBER, verb transitive To shut up as in a chamber