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_Morison._
Isl. _kals-a_, irridere, _kalzug-ur_, derisor.
CALMES, CAUMS, _s. pl._
1. A mould, a frame, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. The small cords through which the warp is pa.s.sed in the loom, S., synon. _heddles_.
3. _In the caulms_, in the state of being framed or modelled, metaph.
_Baillie._
Germ. _quem-en_, quadrare; Su.G. _bequaem_, Belg. _bequaam_, fit, meet.
CALSUTER'D, _adj._ Apparently for calfuter'd, caulked.
_Chron. S. Poet._
Fr. _calfeutrer_, Dan. _kalfatre_, to caulk.
CALVER, _s._ A cow with calf, S.
Teut. _kalver-koe_, id.
CAMBIE-LEAF, _s._ The water-lily, Nymphaea alba et lutea, Linn. S. B.
CAMDUI, s. A species of trout.
_Sibbald._
Gael. _cam_, crooked, and _dubh_, black.
CAMY, CAMOK, _adj._
1. Crooked.
_Maitland Poems._
2. Metaph. used to denote what is rugged and unequal.
_Douglas._
Ir. Gael. _cam_, C. B. _kam_, L. B. _cam-us_.
CAMLA-LIKE, _adj._ Sullen, surly; Aberd.
_Journ. Lond._
Isl. _kamleit-r_, id., tetricus.
CAMMERAIGE, CAMROCHE, _s._ Cambric.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Named from _Cambray_, in Lat. _Camerac-um_, in Teut. _Camerijk_.
CAMMON, CAMMOCK, _s._
1. A crooked stick, S.
2. The game also called _s.h.i.+nty_, Perths.
Celt. _cambaca_, id. Bullet. Gael. _caman_, a hurling-club.
CAM-NOSED, CAMOW-NOSED, _adj._ Hook-nosed.
V. ~Camy~.
_Polwart._
CAMOVYNE, CAMOWYNE, _s._ Camomile, S.
_Ross._
_To_ CAMP, _v. n._
1. To contend.
V. ~Kemp~.
_Melvill's MS._
2. To romp, Loth.