Part 1576

<h1>Camleted</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"let*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Cammas</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"mas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Camass</er>.</def>

<h1>Cammock</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Cam"mock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cammoc</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the <spn>Ononis spinosa</spn>; -- called also <altname>rest-harrow</altname>. The <spn>Scandix Pecten-Veneris</spn> is also called <ex>cammock</ex>.</def>

<h1>Camomile, Chamomile</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw><hw>Cam"o*mile</hw>, <hw>Cham"o*mile</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[LL. <ets>camonilla</ets>, corrupted fr. Gr. <?/, lit. earth apple, being so called from the smell of its flower. See <er>Humble</er>, and <er>Melon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbs (<spn>Anthemis</spn>) of the Composite family. The common camomile, <spn>A. nobilis</spn>, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.</def>

<h1>Camonflet</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Ca*mon"flet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Camous, Camoys</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw><hw>Ca"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca"moys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>camus</ets> (equiv. to <ets>camard</ets>) flat-nosed, fr. Celtic <ets>Cam</ets> croked + suff. <ets>-us</ets>; akin to L. <ets>camur</ets>, <ets>camurus</ets>, croked.]</ety> <def>Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Camoused</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Ca"moused</hw>, <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Camouse</er>]</ety> <def>Depressed; flattened.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Though my nose be <b>cammoused</b>. <i>B. Jonson</i></blockquote>

<h1>Camously</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Ca"mous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Awry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>

<h1>Camp</h1> <Xpage=207>

<hw>Camp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>camp</ets>, It. <ets>campo</ets>, fr. L. <ets>campus</ets> plant, fleld; akin to Gr. <?/ garden. Cf. <er>Campaing</er>, <er>Champ</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.</def>

<i>Shzk.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.</def>

<blockquote>Forming a <b>camp</b> in the neighborhood of Boston. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A single hut or shelter; <as>as, a hunter's <ex>camp</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>camp</b> broke up with the confusion of a flight. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>