chamber-lyen.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 27 If the iaundis were rotted in a man..then take his shyrte or smoke and wett it in his oune vrine or chamberlye.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. i. 20 Your chamber-lie breedes fleas like a loach. View more context for this quotation

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 90 Shee..wash't her Hands in Chamber-Lee.

1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) iv. vi. 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.

a1758 W. Ellis Every Farmer his Own Farrier (1759) 114 A horse that is..used to chamber-lye, is not in danger of catching cold.

c1842 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 7 Refuse water from the house, particularly soap-suds, (which contain potash), chamberlye, refuse from the pigs, cows, slop-pail, &c.

1882 W. W. Haupt in J. L. Hayes Angora Goat 108 I lost the finest billy [goat]..I ever bought. He died in fifteen minutes after drinking a pot of chamber lye.

1928 Dial. Notes 6 63 Modest Ozark women never say urine, but use the word chamber-lye, even when talking to a physician.

2000 S. Harvey Bound for Shady Grove 51 Fill up the gallon glass jug with chamber-lye from your bed pot.