Part 1575

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>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 or an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modifled; -- commonly called simply <i>the camera</i>.</def>

<h1>Camerate</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Camerated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Camerzting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>cameratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>camerare</ets>. See <er>Camber</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divide into chambers.</def>

<h1>Cameration</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cameratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A vaulting or arching over.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Camerlingo</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Ca`mer*lin"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>camerlengo</asp> and <asp>camarlengo</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cameronian</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw><hw>Cam`e*ro"ni*an</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A follower of the Rev. Richard <i>Cameron</i>, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charies II.</def>

<blockquote>\'b5 Cameron and others refused to accept the "indulgence" offered the Presbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followers became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or institutions which they believed contrary to the kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of political rights.

<h1>Camis</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chemise</er>.]</ety> <def>A light, loose dress or robe.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>camus</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All in a <b>camis</b> light of purple silk. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Camisade, Camisado</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw><hw>Cam`i*sade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cam`i*sa"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>camisade</ets> a night attack; cf. It. <ets>camiciata</ets>. See <er>Camis</er>.]</ety> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.</def>

<blockquote>Give them a <b>camisado</b> in night season. <i>Holinshed.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Camisard</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"i*sard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>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 (<i>camise</i>) which they wore.</def>

<h1>Camisated</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"i*sa`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.</def>

<h1>Camisole</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"i*sole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>chemise</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A short dressing jacket for women.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of straitjacket.</def>

<h1>Camlet</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>camelot</ets> (akin to Sp. <ets>camelote</ets>, <ets>chamelote</ets>, It. <ets>cambellbito</ets>, <ets>ciambellotto</ets>, LL. <ets>camelotum</ets>, <ets>camelinum</ets>, fr. Ar. <i>khamlat</i> camlet, fr. <i>kaml</i> pile, plush. The word was early confused with <i>camel</i>, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. <er>Calamanco</er>]</ety> <def>A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes written <asp>camelot</asp> and <asp>camblet</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; They have been made plain and twilled, of sigle warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn.</note>

<i>Beck (Draper's Dict. )</i>