Part 1572

<hw>Cam"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of. <ets>cambre</ets> bent, curved; akin to F. <ets>cambrer</ets> to vault, to bend, fr. L. <ets>camerare</ets> to arch over, fr. <ets>camera</ets> vault, arch. See <er>Chamber</er>, and cf. <er>Camerate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; <as>as, she has a high <ex>camber</ex> (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck)</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See <er>Hogback</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Camber arch</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.</cd> -- <col>Camber beam</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.</cd></cs>

<h1>Camber</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"ber</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cambered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cambering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.</def>

<h1>Camber</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"ber</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To curve upward.</def>

<h1>Camberkeeled</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"ber*keeled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.</def>

<h1>Cambial</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"bi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cambialis</ets>, fr. <ets>cambiars</ets>. See <er>Change</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cambist</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"bist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cambiste</ets>, It. <ets>cambista</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cambire</ets> to exchange. See <er>Change</er>.]</ety> <def>A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.</def>

<h1>Cambistry</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"bist*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.</def>

<h1>Cambium</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"bi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cambium</ets> exchange, fr. L. <ets>cambire</ets> to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to orgiginate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Camblet</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"blet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Camlet</er>.</def>

<h1>Camboge</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam*boge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gamboge</er>.</def>

<h1>Camboose</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam*boose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Caboose</er>.</def>

<h1>Cambrasine</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"bra*sine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.</def>

<h1>Cambrel</h1> <Xpage=207>