Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cameration, 2.
  • noun Lewd, dissolute behavior.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Lewdness.

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  • verb Present participle of chamber.
  • noun The chamber of a gun or other firearm.

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Examples

  • Not in chambering and wantonness; not in any of those lusts of the flesh, those works of darkness, which are forbidden in the seventh commandment.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • Currently, the only commercially-available rifle in this chambering is the single-shot Barrett Model 99. [edit] PerformanceThe use of a lighter, narrower bullet results in a significantly higher muzzle velocity and superior ballistic performance to the .50 BMG, and is claimed to be even more powerful than the .50 BMG at 1,000 yards (though its power deteriorates below the BMG's after that). [

    Odds and Ends 2008

  • I'm pretty peeved that Savage is chambering the 14 AC and 16's for .250 Savage and .300 Savage in the right hand guns and not the left.

    I recently read an article that was basically worshiping the fast "quarter-bore" rifle cartridges. 2009

  • I agree with the posters above on their suggestions, however I might suggest that rather than looking at it as a chambering question, maybe you might want to look at it as an 'action' question.

    Ok, so I'm in the market for a new rifle. 2009

  • I'm pretty peeved that Savage is chambering the 14 AC and 16's for .250 Savage and .300 Savage in the right hand guns and not the left.

    I recently read an article that was basically worshiping the fast "quarter-bore" rifle cartridges. 2009

  • The machine gunner worked the feed handle, chambering a round from the new belt.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • I agree with the posters above on their suggestions, however I might suggest that rather than looking at it as a chambering question, maybe you might want to look at it as an 'action' question.

    Ok, so I'm in the market for a new rifle. 2009

  • (I can only try and imagine what it must be like with automatic weapons!) The great (and in my opinion, best) feeling of loading/jamming the clip into the gun, then chambering a round, and the feel of squeezing the trigger slowly and having this hunk of metal pieces turn into an astonishing and terrifying killing machine.

    Something I Wanted to do at Least Once in My Life « The BookBanter Blog 2009

  • I'm not sure what caliber I want next ... so I'm gonna list what I have and take opinions on what should be my next chambering.

    Ok, so I'm in the market for a new rifle. 2009

  • (I can only try and imagine what it must be like with automatic weapons!) The great (and in my opinion, best) feeling of loading/jamming the clip into the gun, then chambering a round, and the feel of squeezing the trigger slowly and having this hunk of metal pieces turn into an astonishing and terrifying killing machine.

    2009 October 17 « The BookBanter Blog 2009

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