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chamber lye

chamber lye noun: urine, especially as used for domestic or agricultural purposes.

Noun

chamber lye (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, regional) Urine, especially as used for domestic or agricultural purposes.
    • 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.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • [A] Hand, / So white, it made Æneas ſtand / Amaz'd to ſee't (for know that ſhe / Still waſht her hands in Chamber-Lee) […].1665, Charles Cotton, Scarronides

Forms of chamber lye

alternative formchamber-lee

Origin of chamber lye

From chamber + lye. Compare early modern Dutch camerlooghe, obsolete German Kammerlauge.

Questions about chamber lye

What does chamber lye mean?
Chamber lye means urine, especially as used for domestic or agricultural purposes.
What part of speech is chamber lye?
Chamber lye is a noun.

Words near chamber lye in the dictionary

  1. chamber gates
  2. chamber horse
  3. chamber horses
  4. chamber lamp
  5. chamber lamps
  6. chamber lye
  7. chamber music
  8. chamber of commerce
  9. chamber of horrors
  10. chamber opera
  11. chamber orchestra

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