Campana Cam·pa"na noun [ Late Latin campana bell. Confer Campanle .] 1. (Eccl.) A church bell.

2. (Botany) The pasque flower. Drayton.

3. (Doric Arch.) Same as Gutta .

Campaned Cam·paned" adjective (Her.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.

Campanero Cam`pa·ne"ro noun [ Spanish , a bellman.] (Zoology) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird .

Campanes Cam·panes" noun plural [ See Campana .] (Her.) Bells. [ R.]

Campania Cam·pa"ni·a noun [ See Campaig .] Open country. Sir W. Temple.

Campaniform Cam·pan"i·form adjective [ Late Latin campana bell + -form : confer French companiforme .] Bell-shaped.

Campanile Cam`pa·ni"le noun [ Italian campanile bell tower, steeple, from Italian & Late Latin campana bell.] (Architecture) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.

Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures.
Swift.

Campaniliform Cam`pa·nil"i·form adjective [ See Campaniform .] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

Campanologist Cam`pa·nol"o·gist noun One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

Campanology Cam`pa·nol"o·gy noun [ Late Latin campana bell + -logy .] The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.

Campanula Cam·pan"u·la (kăm*păn"u*lȧ) noun [ Late Latin campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.] (Botany) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower .

Campanulaceous Cam·pan`u·la"ceous (kăm*păn`u*lā"shŭs) adjective (Botany) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants ( Campanulaceæ ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

Campanularian Cam·pan`u·la"ri·an noun [ Latin campanula a bell.] (Zoology) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ , characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ.

Campanulate Cam·pan"u·late adjective (Botany) Bell-shaped.

Campbellite Camp"bell·ite noun [ From Alexander Campbell , of Virginia.] (Eccl.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian , 3.

Campeachy Wood Cam·peach"y Wood` [ From the bay of Campeachy , in Mexico.] Logwood.

Camper Camp"er noun One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

Campestral, Campestrian Cam·pes"tral, Cam·pes"tri·an adjective [ Latin campester , from campus field.] Relating to an open field; growing in a field, or open ground.

Campfight Camp"fight` noun [ Confer Camp , noun , 6.] (O. Eng. Law.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

Camphene Cam"phene (kăm"fēn or kăm*fēn") noun (Chemistry) One of a series of substances C ₁₀ H ₁₆ , resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

Camphine Cam·phine" (kăm*fēn" or kăm"fĭn) noun [ From Camphor .] Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.

» The name is also applied to a mixture of this substance with three times its volume of alcohol and sometimes a little ether, used as an illuminant.

Camphire Cam"phire (kăm"fīr) noun An old spelling of Camphor .

Camphogen Cam"pho·gen noun [ Camphor + -gen : -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: confer French camphogène .] (Chemistry) See Cymene .

Camphol Cam"phol noun [ Camphor + -ol .] (Chemistry) See Borneol .

Camphor Cam"phor (kăm"fẽr) noun [ Middle English camfere , French camphre (cf. Italian canfora , Spanish camfora , alcanfor , Late Latin canfora , camphora , NGr. kafoyra` ), from Arabic kāfūr , probably from Sanskrit karpūra .] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphora (the Laurus camphora of Linnæus.). Camphor, C ₁₀ H ₁₆ O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

2. 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 .

» The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor , obtained from the red or pencil cedar ( Juniperus Virginiana ), and peppermint camphor , or menthol , obtained from the oil of peppermint.

Camphor oil (Chemistry) , name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. -- Camphor tree , a large evergreen tree ( Cinnamomum Camphora ) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.

Camphor Cam"phor transitive verb To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [ R.] Tatler.

Camphoraceous Cam`pho·ra"ceous adjective Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison.

Camphorate Cam"phor·ate transitive verb To impregnate or treat with camphor.

Camphorate Cam"phor·ate noun [ Confer French camphorate .] (Chemistry) A salt of camphoric acid.

Camphorate, Camporated Cam"phor·ate, Cam"por·a`ted Combined or impregnated with camphor.

Camphorated oil , an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.

Camphoric Cam·phor"ic adjective [ Confer French camphorique .] (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.

Camphoric acid , a white crystallizable substance, C ₁₀ H ₁₆ O ₄ , obtained from the oxidation of camphor.

» Other acids of camphor are campholic acid , C ₁₀ H ₁₈ O ₂ , and camphoronic acid , C ₉ H ₁₂ O ₅ , white crystallizable substances.

Camphretic Cam·phret"ic adjective [ rom Camphor .] Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [ R.]

Camping Camp"ing noun 1. Lodging in a camp.

2. [ See Camp , noun , 6] A game of football. [ Prov. Eng.]

Campion Cam"pi·on noun [ Prob. from Latin campus field.] (Botany) A plant of the Pink family ( Cucubalus bacciferus ), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.

Bladder campion , a plant of the Pink family ( Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata ), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen . -- Rose campion , a garden plant ( Lychnis coronaria ) with handsome crimson flowers.

Campus Cam"pus noun [ Latin , a field.] The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus .

Campylospermous Cam`py·lo·sper"mous adjective [ Greek ... curved + ... seed.] (Botany) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.

Campylotropous Cam`py·lot"ro·pous adjective [ Greek ... curved + ... a turning.] (Botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.

Camus Cam"us noun See Camis . [ Obsolete]

Camwood Cam"wood noun See Barwood .

Can Can an obs . form of began , imperfect & past participle of Begin , sometimes used in old poetry. [ See Gan .]

With gentle words he can faile gree.
Spenser.

Can Can noun [ Middle English & Anglo-Saxon canne ; akin to Dutch Kan , German Kanne , Old High German channa , Swedish Kanna , Danish kande .] 1. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. [ Shak. ]

Fill the cup and fill can ,
Have a rouse before the morn.
Tennyson.

2. A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can ; a milk can .

» A can may be a cylinder open at the top, as for receiving the sliver from a carding machine, or with a removable cover or stopper, as for holding tea, spices, milk, oysters, etc., or with handle and spout, as for holding oil, or hermetically sealed, in canning meats, fruits, etc. The name is also sometimes given to the small glass or earthenware jar used in canning.

Can Can transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canned ; present participle &verbal noun Canning .] To preserve by putting in sealed cans [ U. S.] " Canned meats" W. D. Howells.

Canned goods , a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.

Can transitive verb & i. [ The transitive use is obsolete.] [ imperfect Could .] [ Middle English cunnen , cannen (1st sing. present I can ), to know, know how, be able, Anglo-Saxon cunnan , 1st sing. present ic cann or can , plural cunnon , 1st sing. imperfect cūðe (for cunðe ); past participle cūð (for cunð ); akin to Old Saxon Kunnan , Dutch Kunnen , Old High German chunnan , German können , Icelandic kunna , Goth. Kunnan , and English ken to know. The present tense I can (AS. ic cann ) was originally a preterit, meaning I have known or Learned , and hence I know , know how . √45. See Ken , Know ; confer Con , Cunning , Uncouth .] 1. To know; to understand. [ Obsolete]

I can rimes of Rodin Hood.
Piers Plowman.

I can no Latin, quod she.
Piers Plowman.

Let the priest in surplice white,
That defunctive music can .
Shak.

2. To be able to do; to have power or influence. [ Obsolete]

The will of Him who all things can .
Milton.

For what, alas, can these my single arms?
Shak.

Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar.
Beau. & Fl.

3. To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to ; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Syn. -- Can but , Can not but . It is an error to use the former of these phrases where the sens requires the latter. If we say, "I can but perish if I go," "But" means only , and denotes that this is all or the worst that can happen. When the apostle Peter said. "We can not but speak of the things which we have seen and heard." he referred to a moral constraint or necessety which rested upon him and his associates; and the meaning was, We cannot help speaking, We cannot refrain from speaking. This idea of a moral necessity or constraint is of frequent occurrence, and is also expressed in the phrase, "I can not help it." Thus we say. "I can not but hope," "I can not but believe," "I can not but think," "I can not but remark," etc., in cases in which it would be an error to use the phrase can but .

Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque
De Quincey.

Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer.
Dickens.

Can buoy Can" buoy` See under Buoy , noun

Can hook Can" hook` A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.

Can't Can't A colloquial contraction for can not .

Canaanite Ca"naan·ite noun 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

2. A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

Canaanite Ca"naan·ite noun [ From an Aramaic word signifying "zeal."] A zealot. "Simon the Canaanite ." Matt. x. 4.

» This was the "Simon called Zelotes" ( Luke vi. 15 ), i.e. , Simon the zealot. Kitto.

Canaanitish Ca"naan·i`tish adjective Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.

Canada Can"a·da noun A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals.

Canada balsam . See under Balsam . -- Canada goose . (Zoology) See Wild goose . -- Canada jay . See Whisky Jack . -- Canada lynx . (Zoology) See Lynx . -- Canada porcupine (Zoology) See Porcupine , and Urson . -- Canada rice (Botany) See under Rick . -- Canada robin (Zoology) , the cedar bird.

Canadian Ca·na"di·an adjective Of or pertaining to Canada. -- noun A native or inhabitant of Canada.

Canadian period (Geol.) , A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology .

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