Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimla
Literary usage of Chimla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns: With Upwards of by John Cuthbertson (1886)
"This is by Burns and old Scotch people styled the him, and the chimla is the
fire-place rather than the grate. In England chimney was used for fire-place, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"Urine kept in a large stone bottle and used for washing clothes. This must
undoubtedly be what Halli- well mentions as "Chamber-lie. Urine.—Shak." chimla. ..."
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