To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
To enclose in a room.
One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
The private office of a judge.
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
A single law office in a building housing several.
The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
A bedroom.
An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).
To flavour with nutmeg.
A grey-brown colour.
The powdered seed, ready for use.
The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
A whole nutmeg seed.
A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.