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Catoptrics :: Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics..

Bay :: Bay (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

Campbellite :: Campbellite (n.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3..

Knapbottle :: Knapbottle (n.) The bladder campion (Silene inflata).

Camp :: Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..

Campaigner :: Campaigner (n.) One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

Gutta :: Gutta (n.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop..

Aids-de-camp :: Aids-de-camp (pl. ) of Aid-de-cam.

Camphorate :: Camphorate () Alt. of Camporate.

Camphorate :: Camphorate (v. t.) To impregnate or treat with camphor.

Harebell :: Harebell (n.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell..

Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Anethol :: Anethol (n.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor..

Nitrogelatin :: Nitrogelatin (n.) An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin.

Logwood :: Logwood (n.) The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood..

Campana :: Campana (n.) Same as Gutta.

Bathe :: Bathe (v. t.) To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor..

Borneol :: Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol..

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