camera 
778 cammock 
toward the sun, the negative being placed ing a vacancy in the Holy See he takes charge of all the camiSOt, See eamis. 
le lens and sheets of sensitive lapcr in the plane of temporalities and presides over the apostolic chamber or cam i s i a t (ka-mis'lil), . [LL. (ML. also 
Copying cameras used with electric lights are also palace. Also camerlengo. 
n. I. a. 
ard Cameron (see 
Cameronian 
clergyman. 
II. . 1. One of the followers of Richard 
_ 
misa): see ca .]" 1- -^ shirt; a tunic. 2. 
An alb. 3. A shrine in which the Book of the 
Gospels used at high mass was formerly pre- 
served. It was frequently made of gold, richly jeweled. 
Many such existed in the English cathedrals and parish 
churches before the Reformation. Lee, Glossary. 
tective camera, a portable photographic camera adapt- 
ed for making instantaneous pictures, especially of mov- ___ ... 
ing objects, while it is carried in the hand or ot 'wise c ameron in Scotland, who refused to accept the camisole (kam'i-sol), n. [F., < It. camicluola. 
about the person Stk3SSied b^ lmS5*irtu indulgence granted to the Presbyterian clergy dim. of eamieia F. chemise: see chemise.] 
in"hf 'range o7 thesis Vy means of a finder variously de- in the persecuting times of Charles II. , lest by 1 . A short light garment with sleeves, usually 
vised. In camera, in teic, in chambers; in private : ap- 
plied to a trial conducted with closed doors for some spe- 
cial reason touching the nature of the case or the evidence. 
Multiplying camera, in photog., a camera fitted with 
a number of small lenses, so that it can take a number of 
pictures at one exposure. It is used for taking ferrotypes. 
indulgence granted to the Presbyterian clergy di m . o f eamieia = F. chemise : see c 
in the persecuting times of Charles II., lest by 1. A short light garment with sleeves, 
so doing they should be understood to recog- O f material that will wash, worn by women as a 
nize his ecclesiastical authority. They were known 
at first as The Societies, but were afterward organized as 
the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, most of 
which in 1876 was merged in the Free Church. 
-Solar camera: see'cop./fecan ra .- Stereoscopic 2. pi. A name given to the 26th regiment of - 
camera aTnbte camera giving two pictures upon the British infantry, from its having been origi- S^v3*UW , FAnnar < camis + 
plate, or a camera with a single lens and a shifting na u y composed of the Cameronians who flocked CamiSter (kam is-ter), n. [Appar. <. a is t- 
oEdmbur<rhdurhurtherevolutionofl688. Their -**''] A clergyman ; amimster. [Vagabonds' 
dressing-sack or in morning-dress. 
Mrs. O'Dowd, the good housewife, arrayed in curl-papers 
and a camisole, felt that her duty was to act and not to 
sleep. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xxx. 
device for effecting the same end. to Edinburgh during the revolution of 1688. Theii 
Cameradet, [< F. camerade: see comrade.} nucleU9 consfsted of the men who fought under Richart 
ATI obsolete form of comrade. Cameron at Aird's Moss in 1680, when he was killed. 
camerostoma (kam-e-ros'to-ma), n. [NL., < L. 
camera (Gr. naiiapa), a vault, + Gr. ar6fta, a 
These are his camerades, his walking mates ! 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, ii. 1. 
1 slang.] 
camlet (kam'let), n. [Early mod. E. also cam- 
amlet, camelot, < F. camelot = Pr. chama- 
camerae, n. Latin plural of camera. 
mouth.] In zool., the anterior part of the body 
blet, chamlet, 
lote = Sp. camelote, chamelote = Pg. camelao = 
It. cambellotto, ciambellotto = D. kamelot = G. 
camera^ (kam'e-ral), a. [< It. camerale, per- of Arachnida, forming a vault over the mandu- camelot, kamelot = Dan. kamelot, < ML. eamelo- 
taining to a camera or treasury, < ML. camera, catory organs. 
a chamber, public office, treasury: see camera cameryt (kam'e-ri), n. A certain disease in 
and chamber, and cf. chamberlain and earner- horses, characterized by warts on the palate 
. i i . .. _ f j.1 . it, M Tjl, ill; :-, "I TfU? 
lingo ] Of or pertaining to a camera or cham- and soft parts of the mouth. E. Phillips, 1706. gilk or velvet; ef.mikhmal, >fHn<l.makhmal, vel- 
ber. " cameset (ka-mez'), . [An "English" spelling 
Same as camis. 
cameralist (kam'e-ral-ist), n. [< NL. camera- 
lista, a financier, "< ft. camerale : see cameral.'] 
A financier; one skilled in the principles and 
system of public revenue. 
Frederick William I., himself a clever caineralM, and camestres(ka-mes'trez),. [Seedef.] In logic. 
of camise : see camis.'] 
Oh, who is more brave than a dark Suliote 
In his snowy camete and his shaggy capote? 
Byron, Childe Harold, ii. 72, song. 
author of the masterly financial system of Prussia, took 
the important step of founding, at Halle and Frankfort on 
the Oder special chairs of economy and cameralistic sci- 
ence. W. Boscher, Pol. Econ. (trans.), 19. 
cameralistic (kam"e-ra-lis'tik), a. [< cameral- 
ist + -ic.] Pertaining to finance and public 
revenue. 
Chairs of cameralistic science were founded in univer- 
sities. Encyc. Brit, XIX. 363. 
cameralistics (kam"e-ra-lis'tiks), . [< camer- 
alist + -ies ; = F. cameralistiqve = G. camera- 
listik."] The science of state finance. 
the mnemonic name of a mood of the second 
figure of syllogism. The letters of the word have these 
significations : C, that the mood is to be reduced to cela- 
ihat the major premise is a universal affirmative ; 
rent; a, th p _ ^__ 
in, that the premises are to be transposed in reduction ; e, 
that the minor premise is a universal negative ; s, that this 
premise is to be simply converted in reduction ; e, that the 
conclusion is a universal negative ; s, that the conclusion is 
to be simply converted in reduction. The following is an 
example of this mood, with an implied reduction : He 
that is of God heareth my words ; ye hear them not ; this 
is, then, because ye are not of God. 
iamil (kam'il), n. A dialectal form of camo- 
mile. [Somerset, Eng.] 
Greene. cam j on (kam'ion), . [F., a dray, truck, pin; 
origin unknown.] A truck or wagon used for 
transporting cannon 
camerardt, A variant of camerade. 
camerarius (kam-e-ra'ri-us), .; pi. camerani 
(-i). [ML., < camera, a chamber, public office, ., 
treasury^ etc.j see camera, cameral^&nd^cliam- (.^^"'(kam ' is), " [Al so written camise, 
camus, camese (cf. ME. kernes, < AS. cemes, < 
ML. camisa); < OF. camise, F. chemise (> E. 
twn. camlet, popularly understood as a deriv. 
of L. camelus, camel, but in fact < Ar. khamlat, 
khamalat, camlet (silk and camel's hair, also all 
silk or velvet; ef.mikhmal, > Hind, makhmal, vel- 
vet), < khaml, pile, plush, a carpet with a long 
pile, a cushion, etc.] 1. A rich stuff used for 
dress as early as the thirteenth century, it was 
more costly and finer than cameline. It is frequently 
mentioned as in use in both England and France down to 
the end of the seventeenth century. 
The Cadllescher is clothed in Chamlet, Satten, Silke, 
Damaske, or Veluet of seemely colour. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 314. 
After dinner I put on my new camelott suit, the best 
that I ever wore in my life, the suit costing me above 24. 
Pepys, Diary, June 1, 1664. 
2. A very durable plain cloth used for cloaks 
and the like ; a water-proof material in common 
use before the introduction of india-rubber. 
All the kinds of camlet are in a certain sense imitations of 
Oriental camel's-hair cloth ; they are made of hair, espe- 
cially that of goats, with wool or silk, and present a veined 
or wavy appearance. 
camlet (kam'let), v. t.; pret. and pp. camleted, 
camletted, ppr. camleting, camletting. [< camlet, 
n.] To cause to resemble wavy or watered 
camlet. [Rare.] 
ilk and 
a treasurer. 
camera-Stand (kam'e-ra-stand), n. A support 
for a photographic camera. For indoor work a 
usual form is an adjustable table mounted on casters, and 
having variousdevices of racks and pinions, levers, hinges, 
q. v.) = Pr. Sp. Pg. camisa = It. cami- cam i etteen (kam-le-ten'), n. [< camlet + 
scia, eamieia = Ar. Pers. Hind, qanm, a snirt, <. A -^ n ^ of nne wors ted camlet. 
chemise, 
Evelyn, Diary, May 30, 1652. 
-een .] 
, . 
LL. camuia, ML. camisia, camisa, a shirt, tunic, cam l e tto (kam-let'6), n. Same as camietteen. 
having varumsuevices 01 racKsunu pinions, levers, muges, - - ', ' /w , 'jj.'-.-v ~e /-vcrr 1 ^*A*A*WW v"-** u "/ 
screws, etc., to enable the operator to raise, lower, or tilt prob. from the orig. torm ( Itamttlya) ot (. llr. camma k a t . Another spelling of camoca. 
hemidi,UHG.hemede,hemde,G.hemd = mnes. Cammar0 n (kam'a-ron), . [< Sp. camaron, a 
hemethe, a shirt, connected with OHG. Jiamo = s i lr i m p ) < L. cammarus, camarus, var. gamma- 
AS. hama (in comp.) = Icel. hamr, a skin, hams, r a sea . cra ^ : see Gammarus.] A fresh-wa- 
a snake's skin, = Goth. *hama, covering, cloth- ^ er ghnmp or prawn, resembling the crawfish, 
ing, > gahamon, cover, anahamon, clothe, etc. : jjuxley. 
see hamel, hem^.] 1. A shirt. Compare che- cammas (kam'as), n. Same as camass. 
mise.Z. A light morning-gown or similar camme d (kamd), a. [E. dial., < ME. cammed, 
loose garment. cammyd; < cam? + -ed 2 .] 1. Crooked. 2f. 
All in a Camis light of purple silk. Crooked-nosed; short-nosed. 3. Cross; ill- 
camerated roof. Weal'e. 2. In'oo7., divided'by . .,,. *7" r ' Q " ' v- , natured. [Prov. Eng ] 
partitions into a series of chambers; cham- camisadet (kam-i-sad ), n. [Also camwado < camm erellt, n. A dialectal variant of gamlrel. 
F. camisade, a sudden assaulting or surpnsal Camm i s l 1 (kam'ish), a. [E. dial., < cam 2 + 
it with ease and rapidity, according to the nature of his 
work. In outdoor photography some form of tripod is 
commonly used as a camera-stand. 
t. ,j pret. and pp. cam- 
erated, 
of camerare, 
roof. Cf. camber^ and chamber, v.] To build 
in the form of an arch or vault. [Rare.] 
camerated (kam'e-ra-ted), p. a. [Pp. of canter- 
ate, v.] 1. In arch., arched; vaulted: as, a 
ppr. camcrating. [< L. cameratus, pp. 
irare, arch over, < camera, an arched 
bered ; hollowed out ; fornicated ; vaulted. 
There are no buccal teeth [in Trocheta mbviridis, Dutro- 
chet], and the alimentary tube is only slightly camerateti. 
Encyc. Brit., XIV. 405. 
cameration (kam-e-ra'shon), n. [< L. camera- 
tio(ii-), < camerare ':' see cainerate."] 1 . An arch- 
ing or vaulting. Evelyn. [Rare.] 2. A divi- 
sion into compartments or chamberlets. Also 
called chambering. 
These nuclei [in Foraminifera, etc.] may be simple or 
multiple ; in the latter case, they have no special relation 
to the cameration of the skeleton. 
Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 563. 
camerickt, cameriket, Old spellings of cam- 
bric. Planchd. 
camerine (kam'e-rin), n. [< L. camera, a 
vault: see camera.] A nummulite; one of 
the foraminif erous shells found in nummulitic 
limestone. 
of the enemy, < It. camisciata, incamisciata 
(Florio), now camiciata, incamiciata (= Sp. 
"camisada, encamisada, lit. a ' shirted' attack: 
see camisated), < camiscia, eamieia = Sp. camisa 
= OF. camise, F. chemise, a shirt : see camis, 
chemise.] 1. An attack by surprise at night 
or at break of day: probably so called because 
made by soldiers wearing shirts over their ar- 
mor, in order that they might be recognized by 
their friends in the dark. 
They had appointed the same night ... to have given 
a camisado upon the English. Sir J. Hayward. 
2. A shirt worn by soldiers over their armor in herd's-needle, Scandix Pecten. 
a night attack to enable them to recognize one cammock 2 (kam'ok), n. [E. dial, and Sc. ; E. 
Awkward; clumsy. Salliwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
lammock 1 (kam'ok), n. [E. dial, also cambuck, 
kambuck; < ME. cammok, < AS. cammoc, cam- 
mocc, cammuc, commuc (also once cammocc, per- 
haps miswritten for cammocc), a plant, glossed 
peucedanum.] 1. A leguminous plant, the rest- 
harrow, Ononis arvensis. 
Cammokes and wedes 
Fouleth the fruite in the felde. 
Piers Plowman (B), xix. 309. 
2f. An umbelliferous plant, probably the shep- 
another. [A mistaken use of the term.] 
, . 
dial, also cambuck', Sc. camack; < ME. cambok 
scaling ladders. 
Sir R. Williams, Actions of the Low Countries, p. 82. 
cameritelous (kam'Vri-te'lus), a. [<L. camera, Oamisard (kam'i-zard), n. 
a vault, + tela, a web: see toil 2 .] Character- 
ized by the habit of making intricate webs in 
which to hide : applied to certain spiders. 
earner lingo (kam-to-ling'go), n. [ft., formerly 
>cUAt?A AAU V \"IK UUQ g v /, " L- 1 - 1 "? J-VX1UD11J 1 Oarly 111 tllO WlgiltCtJllLil OWIVUTJ 8V Ucllletl J-IUU1 
camerlengo, = E. chamberlain, q. v.] The cham- the white blouses worn by the peasants who 
berlain of the pope, having charge of the secu- 
lar interests of the papacy. He ranks as one of the 
four chief officers of the pope, the others being the cardi- 
, 
nal vicar, the cardinal patron, and the cardinal pemten- 
a vicar, e carina paron, an e carina pemen- f , nmivn fl f -\ 
tiary. He is always chosen from the college of cardinals, ana cl - camisaae.} 
and is therefore usually caUed cardinal camerlingo. Dur- the other garments. 
Two thousand of our best men, all in camisadoes with (ML. cambwca, cambuta, cambutta), of Celtic 
origin. Cf. Gael, camag, anything crooked or 
curved, a club, crook, curl, bay, etc. ; cf. equiv. 
Sc. cammon, < Gael. Ir. caman, a club for golf 
or cricket, < cam, crooked, bent : see ca; 2 .] 1. 
A crooked stick or club ; a crooked beam ; spe- 
cifically, a crooked club used in the game of 
hockey or shinny. 
Though the cammock, the more it is bowed, the better 
it serveth, yet the taw, the more it is bent and occupied, 
the worse it waxeth. Lyly, Euphues, Anat, of Wit, p. 46. 
Crokyd as a canmke. Skelton (ed. Dyce), I. 117. 
Airlie crooks the tree, that good camnmk should be. 
[P., < OF. camise, a 
shirt. Cf. camisade.] One of the French Prot- 
estants of the Cevennes who took up arms in 
defense of their civil and religious liberties 
early in the eighteenth century : so called from 
- ~" . --- 
were the chief actors in the insurrection. 
camisatedt (kam'i-sa-ted), a. [< ML. "camisa- 
tH!S eam igiatU8, < camisa, a. shirt: see camis, 
- 
[ with a shirt above 
Johnson. 
Ray, Proverbs (ed. 1U78), p. 361. 
