Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Camboge

Cam‐boge″ (?), n. See Gamboge.

542

Camboose

Cam‐boose″ (?), n.(Naut.) See Caboose.

543

Cambrasine

Cam″bra‐sine (?), n. A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

544

Cambrel

Cam″brel (?), n. See Gambrel, n., 2. Wright.

545

Cambria

Cam″bri‐a (?), n. The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

546

Cambrian

Cam″bri‐an (?), a. 1. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; — sometim...

547

Cambrian (2)

Cam″bri‐an, n. 1. A native of Cambria or Wales.2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation.

548

Cambric

Cam″bric (?), n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.] 1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax ...

549

Cambro-Briton

Cam″bro–Brit″on (?), n. A Welshman.

550

Came

Came (?), imp. of Come.

551

Came (2)

Came (?), n. [Cf. Scot. came, caim, comb, and OE. camet silver.] A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold toget...

552

Camel

Cam″el (kăm″ĕl), n. [Oe. camel, chamel, OF. camel, chamel, F. chameau L. camelus, fr. Gr. κάμηλοσ; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. gāmāl, Ar. jamal. Cf. As. camel, fr. L. camelus.] ...

553

Camel-backed

Cam″el–backed′ (?), a. Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. Fuller.

554

Cameleon

Ca‐me″le‐on (?), n. See Chaceleon.

555

Camellia

Ca‐mel″li‐a (?), n. [NL.; — named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and sho...

556

Camellia (2)

Ca‐mel″li‐a (?), n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) wit...

557

Camelopard

Ca‐mel″o‐pard (kȧ‐mĕl″ō̍‐pärd or kăm″ĕl‐ō̍‐pärd; 277), n. [LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. καμηλοπάρδαλισ; κάμηλοσ a camel + πάρδαλισ pard, leopard:...

558

Camelot

Came″lot (?), n. See Camelet.

559

Camelry

Cam″el‐ry (?), n. Troops that are mounted on camels.

560

Camelshair

Cam″els‐hair′ (?), a. Of camel's hair.Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. — Camel's-hair shawl. A nam...

561

Camembert

‖Ca′mem′bert″ (?), n., orCamembert cheese. A kind of soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wh...

562

Cameo

Cam″e‐o (kăm″ē̍‐ō̍), n.; pl.Cameos (#). [It. cammeo; akin to F. camée, camaïeu, Sp. camafeo, LL. camaeus, camahutus; of unknown origin.] A carving in relief, esp. one on a small...

563

Camera

Cam″e‐ra (?), n.; pl. E. Cameras (#), L. Camerae (#). [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.] A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura wh...

564

Camera lucida

‖Cam″e‐ra lu″ci‐da (?). [L. camera chamber + L. lucidus, lucida, lucid, light.] (Opt.) An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, ...

565

Camera obscura

‖Cam″e‐ra ob‐scu″ra (?). [LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.) 1. An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave ...

566

Camerade

Came″rade (?), n. See Comrade.

567

Cameralistic

Cam′e‐ra‐lis″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.