chamber gage (cham bergaj)

An instrument used to verify the form and dimensions of the chambers of small arms and of cannon. chamber-hangings (chamber-hang"ingz), n. pl. Tapestry or hangings for a chamber. chambering (chamber-ing), n. 1. Same as cameration, 2. The chambering of the test does not expre a corresponding cell-segmentation of the protoplasm. Encyc. Brit ., XIX. 846. 2t. Lewd, di olute behavior. Let us walk honestly, not in rioting and drunkenne , not in chambering and wantonne . Rom. xiii. 13. chamber-kiln (chamber-kil), n . A brick-or tile-kiln having chambers or compartments, sometimes so arranged that they can be heated succe ively.