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Show And now they nigh approached to the #ed Where as thofe mermaides dwelt: it was a Ril And calmy bay, on one fide fheltere With the broad fhadow of an hoary hill. Fairy 2 Ca'LoMEvL. n. /. [calomelas, a chymica word.] Mercury fix times {fublimed He repeated lenient purgatives, with calomel, onc in three or four days Wifeman's Surgery Cavort'Fick. adj. [ calorificus, Lat. ‘[hat which has the quality of producin heat; heating A calorifick principle is either excited within th heated body, or transferred to it, through any medium, from fome other Silver will grow hotte than the liquor it contajns Grew CALO'TTE 1 n. cAM CA OB [French. A cap or coif, worn as an ecclefiaftica ornament in France 2. [In architetture. A round cavity o depreflure, in form of a cap or cup lathed and plaiflered, ufed to diminif the rife or elevation of a chapel, cabinet alcove, {Je Hayris AALOYERS. n. f. [xer®-.] Monks of th Greek church ‘Temp'rate as calgyers in their fecret cells Madden on Boulter Ca'rrrors. #. /. [colenzppe, Saxon. 1. An inftrument made with three fpikes fo that which way foever it falls to th ground, one of them points upright, t wound horfes feet ‘Hhe ground about was thick fown with ca/trops which very much incommoded the fhoelefs Moors Dr. Addifor's Acccunt of Targicrs 2. A plant common in France, Spain, an italy, where it grows among corn, an is very troublefome; for the fruit bein armed with ftrong prickles, run into th feet.of the cattle, This is certainly th ant mentioned in Virgil's Georgick under the name of #ribulus Miller Te CALVE, w. #. [from calf. t. To bring a calf: {poken of a cow When fhe has calv'd, then fet the dam afide And for the tender progeny provide Diyden {CaLumx1a'TION, 7 /i [from calumniate. Ca'mer. n. £ [camelus, Lat.} A That which we call calumniation, 1s very common in Arabia, Jades, Wimg and th malicious and falfe reprefentation of a neighbouring countries O enemy's words or actions, to an offenfiv large, and full of flefh, an d fite tofortcarry Ayliffe purpofe. CarvumMNIATOR. . /. [from calumniate. A forger of accufation ; a flanderer burc}ens of a thoufand pou ds wejp having one bunch upon its bac , it of potent calumniators, muft lay his finger upon hi mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot L Efrange At the fame time that Virgil was celebrated b fit either for burdens, o men te‘rié on He that would live clear of the envy and hatre we know that Baviu Gallus wer and Meviu Addifon his declared foes and calumniators Cavrv''mnr1ous.ad). [from calumny.] Slanderous ; falfely reproachful Virtue itfelf *{capes not calumnious ftrokes Shakefpeare With calumnious ar Of counterfeited truth, thus held their ears. Milt CA'LUMNY. n. /. [calumnia, Lat.] Slan der; falfe charge ; groundlefs accufation : with againft, or fometimes wupon before the perfon accufed Be thou as chafte as ice, as pure as fnow Thou fhaly not efcape calumny Shakefpeare Itis a very hard calumny upon our foil or climate, to affirm, that fo excellent a fruit will no Temple grow here CALX. n./. [Latin.] Any thing that i rendered reducible to powder by burning Gold that is more denfe tha lead, refifts pe remptorily all the dividing power of fire; and wil not be reduced into a calx, or limey by fuch opera tion as reduces lead into it Dighy Ca'vycyre. o, [ [calyculus, Lat. A fmal bud of a plant Dis Cama'tev. n fi [from camachuia; whic name is given by the orientals to th onyx, when, in preparing it, they fin another colour. 1. A flone with various figures and repre fentation of landfkips formed by na ture 2. [In painting.] A term ufed where ther is only one colour, and where the light 2. It is ufed !iletfphorical}y for any act o and fhadows are of gold, wrought on bringing forth ; and fometimes of men golden or azure ground. This kind o by way of reproach 1 would they were barbarians, as-they are Though in Rome litter'd; not Romans, as the ar not Though calved in the porch o' th' capitol Shak The grafly clods now calv'd; now half appear' The tawny lion, pawing to get fre His hinder parts Milton work is chiefly ufed to reprefent bafl relievos Chambers Ca'mBER. 7. /. [See CamBERING.] term among workmen Cambery a piece of timber cut arching, fo as, weight confiderable being fet upon it, it may i length of time be induced to a ftraight Moxon's Mechanical Exercife Cavrves-snouT. [antirrbinum.] A plant Snapdragon Ca'MBERING. 7. /. A word mentioned b CALVILLE. n. f. [French. A fort o Skinner, as peculiar to fhipbuilders, wh apple {ay that a place is cambering, when the ToCaLu MNIATE. . 1. [calumnior, Lat. mean arched. [from chambré, French. To accufe falfely; to charge without Ca'merICK. 7./o [from Cambray, a cit juft ground principall wa i wher Flander i Beauty, wit, high birth, defert in fervice A kind of fine linen, ufed fo made. Love, friendfhip, charity, are fubject al Yo envious and calumniating time Shakefpeare He mixes truth with falfehood, and has not forgotten the rule of calumniating frongly, that fomething may remain Dryden's Fables, Pref Do I calumniate? thou ungrateful Vanoc ! Perfidious prince !-Is'it a calumn To fay that Gwendolen, betroth'd to Yver Was by her father firft affurd to Valens Ao Pl:i[ij?: T CALU'MNIATE One trade or art, eve w. a. To {lander thofe that fhopld be th moft liberal, make it their bufinefs to difdain an Spratt calumniate another fleeves, and caps ruffles, women' H hath ribbons of all the colours of the rain bow; inkles, caddifes, cambricks, and lawns Shakefpeare Rebecca had, by the ufe of a looking glafs; an by the further ufe of certain attire, made of cambrick, upon her head, attained to anevilart. Tatler Confed'rate in the cheat, they draw the threng And cambrick handkerchiefs reward the fong. Gay Came The preterite of To come Till alt the pack came up, and ev'ry houn Tore the fad huntfman, grov'ling on the ground Addifen other have two bunche u o th :r backs, like a natural faddle, ang au A third kind is leaner, ang of fmaller fize, called dromedarie 'b' caufe of their fwiftnefs ; which ar n rally ufed for riding by men of E lity _Ca‘mc/:. have large folid feet, but no hard, Capf w;}l continue ten or twelve days w thout eatin : drinking, and keep water a'long' time in g,ei ftomach, for their refrefhment Cllpse Patient of thirft and toil Son of the defart! even the came/ feels Shot through his wither'd heart, the fieryblaft CaMi'LOPARD pardus Lat. . Thomfes . /0 [from camelys an A Abyflinian animal taller than an elephant, but not o thick He is fo named, becaufe he hasa nec and head like a camel ; he is fpotte like a pard, but his {pots are white vpo a red ground giaraffa 'The Italians call hi Trevons gi,:;E;ZT } n. /. [from camel. 1. A kind of ftuff originally made by mixture of filk and camels hair; it i now made with wool and filk Thi coarf habit was not of camels fkin, nor an texture of its hair, but rather fime fine weave of camelot, grograin, or the like; inafmuch as thefe ftuffs are fuppofed to be made of the hai of that animal Brown's Valgar Errours 2. Hair cloth Meantime the paftor fhears their hoary beards And eafes of their hair the loaden herds Their camelots warm in tents the foldier hold " And fhield the fhiv'ring mariner from cold. Dryd CA'MER OBSCURA. [Latin.] Anop tical machine ufed in a darkened cham ber, fo that the light coming only thro a double convex glafs, objecs expofe to daylight, and oppofite to the glafs are reprefented inverted upon any whit matter placed in the focus of the glafs Margm CA'MERADE. /. [from camera, 2 chamber, Lat.] One that lodges in the fam chamber ; a bofom companion. By cor. ruption we now ufe comrade hi i confederat an him Camgrades wit defign Rymier CA'MERATED. adj. [ cameratus, Lat Arched ; roofed flopewife CAMERA'TION. #. /. [cameratios Lat] Sk vaulting or arching Camisa'po. n /o [camifa, a fhirty Ifié camifium, low Lat.] An attack mad by foldiers in the dark; on which o¢ cafion they put their fhirts outward,1 be feen by each other They had appointed the fame night, ""ho darknefs would have encreafed the fear, to ha given a camifado upon the Englith H‘J"f"' Ca'M1saTED. adj. [from camifa;a fhirt. Drefled with the fhirt outward Ca'MLET |