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a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back; &unr_; back + &unr_; to bend. ] Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The science of reflected sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the desert of Atacama, where found. ] (Min.) An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Become. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + camera. ] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Turk. ] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dan. kam comb, ridge; or cf. W., Gael., and Ir., cam bent. See 1st Comb. ] 1. (Med.) (a) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. (b) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. (c) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cams are much used in machinery involving complicated, and irregular movements, as in the sewing machine, pin machine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ridge or mound of earth. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cam wheel (Mach.), a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Kam. ] Crooked. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn. -- manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F.; of unknown origin. Cf. Cameo. ] 1. A cameo. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. camail (cf. It. camaglio), fr. L. caput head + source of E. mail. ] 1. (Ancient Armor) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hood of other material than mail; esp. (Eccl.), a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Comrade. ] Comradeship and loyalty.

The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains. W. A. Fraser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; a vaulted chamber + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., a small room. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The private audience chamber of a king. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as camass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as camass.
Syn. -- camas, camass, quamash, camosh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ American Indian name. ] (Bot.) any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians. [ Written also camas, cammas, and quamash. ]
Syn. -- camass, quamash, camosh, camash. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Origin uncert. ] A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
Syn. -- genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See Chamber, and cf. Camerate. ] 1. (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camber arch (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. --
Camber beam (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cambered p. pr. & vb. n. Cambering. ] To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To curve upward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. cambialis, fr. cambiars. See Change. ] Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L. cambire to exchange. See Change. ] A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. cambium exchange, fr. L. cambire to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood. ] 1. (Bot.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Camlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gamboge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Caboose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gambrel, n., 2. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native of Cambria or Wales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made. ] 1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Welshman. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Come. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scot. came, caim, comb, and OE. camet silver. ] A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. camel, chamel, OF. camel, chamel, F. chameau L. camelus, fr. Gr. ka`mhlos; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. gāmāl, Ar. jamal. Cf. As. camel, fr. L. camelus. ] 1. (Zool.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one hump on the back, while the Bactrian camel (Camelus Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicuña, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camel bird (Zool.), the ostrich. --
Camel locust (Zool.), the mantis. --
Camel's thorn (Bot.), a low, leguminous shrub (Alhagi maurorum) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chaceleon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel.
Syn. -- camel's hair. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia.
Syn. -- camellia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the camels and llamas and vicunas.
Syn. -- family Camelidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]