CPage 29
- English Word Cameronian Definition A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.
- English Word Camerzting Definition of Camerate
- English Word Camis Definition A light, loose dress or robe.
- English Word Camisade Definition Alt. of Camisado
- English Word Camisado Definition A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.
- English Word Camisado Definition An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.
- English Word Camisard Definition One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.
- English Word Camisated Definition Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.
- English Word Camisole Definition A short dressing jacket for women.
- English Word Camisole Definition A kind of straitjacket.
- English Word Camlet Definition A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
- English Word Camleted Definition Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.
- English Word Cammas Definition See Camass.
- English Word Cammock Definition A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.
- English Word Camomile Definition Alt. of Chamomile
- English Word Camonflet Definition A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.
- English Word Camous Definition Alt. of Camoys
- English Word Camoused Definition Depressed; flattened.
- English Word Camously Definition Awry.
- English Word Camoys Definition Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
- English Word Camp Definition The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
- English Word Camp Definition A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
- English Word Camp Definition A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
- English Word Camp Definition The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
- English Word Camp Definition A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
- English Word Camp Definition An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
- English Word Camp Definition To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
- English Word Camp Definition To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
- English Word Camp Definition To play the game called camp.
- English Word Campagna Definition An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.