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Meaning of chamber lye | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Urine, especially as used for domestic or agricultural purposes.

archaic, regional, uncountable

Examples

“VVhy, you vvill allovv vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney : and your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach.”

“[A] Hand, / So white, it made Æneas ſtand / Amaz'd to ſee't (for know that ſhe / Still waſht her hands in Chamber-Lee) […].”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

chamber music chamber of commerce chamber of horrors chamber opera chamber orchestra chamber organ