CAMELOPARD
CAMELOPARD, noun [camelus and pardalis.] The giraff, a species constituting the genus Camelopardalis. This animal has two straight horns, without branches, six inches long, cove...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CAMEO
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, noun A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various figures and representations of landscapes, a kind of lusus naturae, exhibiting...
CAMERADE
CAMERADE, noun One who lodges or resides in the same apartment; now comrade, which see.
CAMERALISTIC
CAMERALISTIC, adjective Pertaining to finance and public revenue.
CAMERALISTICS
CAMERALISTICS, noun The science of finance or public revenue, comprehending the means of raising and disposing of it.
CAMERATE
CAMERATE, verb transitive To vault; to ceil.
CAMERATED
CAMERATED, adjective Arched; vaulted.
CAMERATION
CAMERATION, noun An arching or vaulting.
CAMIS
CAMIS, noun A thin dress.
CAMISADE
CAMISADE, noun An attack by surprise, at night, or at break of day, when the enemy is supposed to be in bed. This word is said to have taken its rise from an attack of this kind...
CAMISATED
CAMISATED, adjective Dressed with a shirt outwards.
CAMLET
CAMLET, noun A stuff originally made of camels hair. It is now made, sometimes of wool, sometimes of silk, sometimes of hair, especially that of goats, with wool or silk. In som...
CAMLETED
CAMLETED, adjective Colored or veined.
CAMMOC
CAMMOC, noun A plant, petty whin or rest-harrow, Ononis.
CAMOMILE
CAMOMILE, noun A genus of plants, Anthemis, of many species. It has a chaffy receptacle; the calyx is hemispheric and subequal, and the florets of the ray are more than five. Th...
CAMOUS
CAMOUS,CAMOUSED, adjective Depressed; crooked.
CAMOUSED
CAMOUSED, a. Depressed; crooked.
CAMOUSLY
CAMOUSLY, adverb Awry.
CAMOYS
CAMOYS, noun Flat; depressed; applied only to the nose, and little used.
CAMP
CAMP, noun1. The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.2. The order or arrangement of tents, or disposition of an army, for rest; as, t...
CAMP-FIGHT
CAMP-FIGHT, noun In law writers, a trial by duel, or the legal combat of two champions, for the decision of a controversy. [Camp in W. Is a game, and campiaw is to contend.]
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN,CAMPAIGNER, noun One who has served in an army several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
CAMPAIGNER
CAMPAIGNER, n. One who has served in an army several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
CAMPAIN
CAMPAIN, noun1. An open field; a large open plain; an extensive tract of ground without considerable hills. [See Champaign.]2. The time that an army keeps the filed, either in a...
CAMPANA
CAMPANA, noun The pasque-flower.
CAMPANIFORM
CAMPANIFORM, adjective In the shape of a bell; applied to flowers.
CAMPANULA
CAMPANULA, noun The bell-flower.