CPage 28
- English Word Cambric Definition A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
- English Word Cambric Definition A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
- English Word Cambro-Briton Definition A Welshman.
- English Word Came Definition imp. of Come.
- English Word Came Definition A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.
- English Word Came Definition of Come
- English Word Camel Definition A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicua, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).
- English Word Camel Definition A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.
- English Word Camel-backed Definition Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.
- English Word Cameleon Definition See Chaceleon.
- English Word Camellia Definition An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.
- English Word Camelopard Definition An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.
- English Word Camelot Definition See Camelet.
- English Word Camelshair Definition Of camel's hair.
- English Word Cameo Definition A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.
- English Word Cameos Definition of Cameo
- English Word Camera Definition A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.
- English Word Camera lucida Definition An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.
- English Word Camera obscura Definition An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced.
- English Word Camera obscura Definition An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera.
- English Word Camerade Definition See Comrade.
- English Word Camerae Definition of Camera
- English Word Cameralistic Definition Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.
- English Word Cameralistics Definition The science of finance or public revenue.
- English Word Cameras Definition of Camera
- English Word Camerate Definition To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
- English Word Camerate Definition To divide into chambers.
- English Word Camerated Definition of Camerate
- English Word Cameration Definition A vaulting or arching over.
- English Word Camerlingo Definition The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.