Definition of camp

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Camp (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc..

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Decamp :: Decamp (v. i.) Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly..
Haematoxylon :: Haematoxylon (n.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan..
Camphor :: Camphor (n.) A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol..
Peucil :: Peucil (n.) A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime..
Circumvallation :: Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without..
Campion :: Campion (n.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous..
Camped :: Camped (imp. & p. p.) of Cam.
Bellbird :: Bellbird (n.) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero..
Bromate :: Bromate (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor..
Asarone :: Asarone (n.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum..
Campaigner :: Campaigner (n.) One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
Camphine :: Camphine (n.) Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes..
Laurinol :: Laurinol (n.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.
Camp :: Camp (n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner..
Crowflower :: Crowflower (n.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi..
Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..
Vesiculata :: Vesiculata (n. pl.) The campanularian medusae.
Inulin :: Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc..
Camphire :: Camphire (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.
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