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<hw>Cam"phor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>camfere</ets>, F. <ets>camphre</ets> (cf. It. <ets>camfara</ets>, Sp. <ets>camfara</ets>, <ets>alcanfor</ets>, LL. <ets>camfora</ets>, <ets>camphara</ets>, NGr. <?/), fr. Ar. <ets>k\'bef\'d4r</ets>, prob. fr. Skr. <ets>karp\'d4ra</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the <spn>Laurus</spn> family, esp. from <spn>Cinnamomum camphara</spn> (the <spn>Laurus camphara</spn> of Linn\'91us.). Camphor, <chform>C10H16O</chform>, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gum resembing ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (<spn>Dryobalanops camphora</spn>) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also <altname>Malay camphor</altname>, <altname>camphor of Borneo</altname>, or <altname>borneol</altname>. See <er>Borneol</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The name <i>camphor</i> is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as <stype>cedar camphor</stype>, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (<spn>Juniperus Virginiana</spn>), and <stype>peppermint camphor</stype>, or <i>menthol</i>, obtained from the oil of peppermint.</note>

<cs><col>Camphor oil</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree.</cd> -- <col>Camphor tree</col>, <cd>a large evergreen tree (<spn>Cinnamomum Camphora</spn>) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.</cd></cs>

<h1>Camphor</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"phor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Camphoraceous</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam`pho*ra"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Camphorate</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"phor*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impregnate or treat with camphor.</def>

<h1>Camphorate</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"phor*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>camphorate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of camphoric acid.</def>

<h1>Camphorate, Camporated</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw><hw>Cam"phor*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cam"por*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw><def>Combined or impregnated with camphor.</def>

<cs><col>Camphorated oil</col>, <cd>an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.</cd></cs>

<h1>Camphoric</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam*phor"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>camphorique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.</def>

<cs><col>Camphoric acid</col>, <cd>a white crystallizable substance, <chform>C10H16O4</chform>, obtained from the oxidation of camphor.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; Other acid of camphor are <i>campholic acid</i>, <chform>C10H18O2</chform>, and <i>camphoronic acid</i>, <chform>C9H12O5</chform>, white crystallizable substances.</note>

<h1>Camphretic</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam*phret"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[rom <er>Camphor</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from camphor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Camping</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Camp"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lodging in a camp.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[See <er>Camp</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 6]</ety> <def>A game of football.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Campion</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"pi*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. L. <ets>campus</ets> field.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the Pink family (<spn>Cucubalus bacciferus</spn>), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.</def>