Part 1574

<hw>Ca*me"le*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chaceleon</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Camellia</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Ca*mel"li*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.; -- named after <ets>Kamel</ets>, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. <i>Camelia Japonica</i> is much cultivated for ornament, and <i>C</i>. <i>Sassanqua</i> and <i>C</i>. <i>Oleifera</i> 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 <i>Camellia Thea</i>.</def>

<h1>Camelopard</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Ca*mel"o*pard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>camelopardus</ets>, L. <ets>camelopardalus</ets>, <ets>camelopardalis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ a camel + <?/ pard, leopard: cf. F. <ets>cam\'82lopard</ets>. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See <er>Camel</er>, and <er>Pard</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An African ruminant; the giraffe. See <er>Giraffe</er>.</def>

<h1>Camelot</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Came"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Camelet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Camelshair</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"els*hair`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of camel's hair.</def>

<cs><col>Camel's-hair pencil</col>, <cd>a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials.</cd> -- <col>Camel's-hair shawl</col>. <cd>A name often given to a <altname>cashmere shawl</altname>. See <cref>Cashmere shawl</cref> under <er>Cashmere</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cameo</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"e*o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cameos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[It <ets>cammeo</ets>; akin to F. <ets>cam\'82e</ets>, <ets>cama\'8beu</ets>, Sp. <ets>camafeo</ets>, LL. <ets>camaeus</ets>, <ets>camahutus</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.</def>

<note>&hand; Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used.</note>

<cs><col>Cameo conch</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large, marine, univalve shell, esp. <spn>Cassis cameo</spn>, <spn>C. rua</spn>, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See <er>Quern conch</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Camera</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Cameras</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Camerae</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See <er>Chamber</er>.]</ety> <def>A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The <i>camera obscura</i> when used in photography. See <er>Camera</er>, and <er>Camera obscura</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Bellows camera</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bellows</er>.</cd> -- <col>In camera</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; <as>as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court <ex>in camera<ex></as>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Panoramic</col>, &or; <col>Pantascopic</col>, <col>camera</col></mcol>, <cd>a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes.</cd></cs>

<i>Abney.</i>

<h1>Camerade</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Came"rade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Comrade</er>,</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cameralistic</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam`e*ra*lis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.</def>

<h1>Cameralistics</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam`e*ra*lis"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cam\'82ralistique</ets>, G. <ets>kameralistik</ets>, fr. L. <ets>camera</ets> vault, LL., chamber, treasury.]</ety> <def>The science of finance or public revenue.</def>

<h1>Camera lucida</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"e*ra lu"ci*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>camera</ets> chamber + L. <ets>lucidus</ets>, <ets>lucida</ets>, lucid, light.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Camera obscura</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[LL. <ets>camera</ets> chamber + L. <ets>obscurus</ets>, <ets>obscura</ets>, dark.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An apparatus in which the images of extermal 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 oulines may be traced.</def>