_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 _Shinty_, 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.

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