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Cambrian :: Cambrian (n.) The Cambrian formation.

Hogback :: Hogback (n.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber..

Decamp :: Decamp (v. i.) Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly..

Vice :: Vice (n.) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements..

Scamp :: Scamp (a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially..

Cameration :: Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime..

Decamp :: Decamp (v. i.) To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly..

Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..

Champignon :: Champignon (n.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).

Tappet :: Tappet (n.) A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion..

Asyndeton :: Asyndeton (n.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton..

Cam :: Cam (a.) Crooked.

Cam :: Cam (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together..

Buttonwood :: Buttonwood (n.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa..

Treacle :: Treacle (n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like..

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

Campaign :: Campaign (n.) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign..

Procambium :: Procambium (n.) The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated.

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

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