Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.[Oliver Wendell Holmes] Quote:Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. [Lillian Hellman] Definitions of: chamberDefinition: A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.Definition: Apartments in a lodging house. Definition: A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. Definition: A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. Definition: 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. Definition: 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. Definition: A chamber pot. Definition: 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. Definition: A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. Definition: A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Definition: To shut up, as in a chamber. Definition: To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. |
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