英语词汇“chamber、lye”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

chamber-lye

释义

† chamber-lye ? Obs. exc. dial.|ˈtʃeɪmbəlaɪ, -lɪ|
Also 6 -ley, 6–8 -lie, -ly, 7–8 -lee.
[f. chamber n. + lye. (Cf. Ger. Kammerlauge in Grimm.)]
Urine; esp. as used for washing, etc.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 135 b, Take Chamberly, and Salte, and seeth them to gether, and washe the places where the skinne is cut of.1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. i. 23 Your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach.1660Sharrock Vegetables 91. 1664 Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 51 She..wash'd her hands in Chamber-lee.1713Lond. & Countr. Brew. iv. (1743) 296 That nasty, horrid, and detestable Piece of Cunning and Knavery..commonly practised in a certain famous Metropolis of putting Chamberlye, or human Urine, into their pale or Amber Two⁓penny Malt Drink.c1842E. J. Lance Cott. Farm. 7 Refuse water from the house, particularly soap-suds, (which contain potash), chamberlye, etc.1877Holderness Gloss. (E.D.S.), Chaymerly, urine. Formerly preserved in tubs, for washing, to soften the water and save soap.

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