Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as rolling-chamber.

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Examples

  • Four tarnblaze bombshells exploded within the counterweight water-chamber will crack it badly and damage the pump mechanism so that neither one can be fixed for days — even weeks.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

  • This mighty difference in the manner of clearing the water-chamber of a hubble-bubble will no doubt impress the minds of intellectual Occidentals as a remarkably important and valuable piece of information.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • The ordinary Persian method, before handing the water-pipe to another, is to lift off the top while taking the last pull, and thus empty the water-chamber of smoke.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • I didn’t think the water-chamber would be completely lidded over with metal, except for the place where the hose goes in.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

  • “I’ll send Belamil and Saundar back before I toss the bombshells into the water-chamber.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

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