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Look up: Calumet

  1. calumet
    [n] - a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. calumet
    Another term for peace pipe. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Calumet
    Cal'u·met noun [ French calumet , from Latin calamus reed. See Halm , and confer Shawm .] A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a l...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/11

  4. calumet
    peace pipe noun a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Calumet
    • (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. calumet
    calumet [Fr.,=reed], name given by the French to the peace pipe used by the indigenous people of North America for smoking tobacco; it consisted of a long, feathered stem, with or without a pipe bowl. Such pipes were considered sacred, offering communion with the animate powers of the universe and e...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  7. Calumet
    Calumet (kăl'yOOmet") , industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Once a great heavy industry and steel manufacturing center, the area has become largely residential. The chief cities of the region are Gary, East Chicago, and Hammond (all in ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A080995

  8. Calumet
    A calumet is a kind of pipe used by the American Indians for smoking tobacco. Its bowl is usually of soft red soapstone, and the tube a long reed ornamented with feathers. The calumet was used in the ratification of all solemn engagements, both of war and peace. To accept the calumet was to accept t...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Calumet
    A `Calumet` is a Native American smoking pipe carved out of pipestone, sometimes called a "peace pipe". `Calumet` may also refer to: Place names: ;In the United States ;In Canada Ships: Colleges: Other uses:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet

  10. Calumet
    (Metra) | map_locator= --> `Calumet` is a station on Metra`s Metra Electric Line located in km--> from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line. In Metra`s zone-based fare system, Calumet is located in zone E. The station is on a solid-fill elevated structure and c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet

  11. Calumet
    (pipe) A `Calumet` is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by some Native American Nations. Traditionally it has been smoked to seal a covenant or treaty, or to offer prayers in a religious ceremony. Etymology : "Calumet" is a Norman word, first recorded in David Ferrand`s la Muse norm...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet



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