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Word Meanings - CAMLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of sigle warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. Beck (more info) cambellbito, ciambellotto,

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A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of sigle warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. Beck (more info) cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel,

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  • CAMELBACKED; CAMEL-BACKED
    Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. Fuller.
  • DOUBLEGANGER
    An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
  • DOUBLE
    Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally
  • CAMEL
    A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal
  • DOUBLE-SHADE
    To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
  • DOUBLE-LOCK
    To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
  • PLAINTIVE
    1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
  • DOUBLE DEALER
    One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
  • SOMETIMES
    1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
  • DOUBLEHEARTED
    Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
  • DOUBLETHREADED
    Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
  • PLAINTIFF
    One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
  • CAMELEON
    See CHACELEON
  • DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
    Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
  • DOUBLE-ACTING
    Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
  • DOUBLE-SURFACED
    Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
  • TWILL
    To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. (more info) two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight. See Twice, and cf. Tweed,
  • PLAINT
    A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. Blackstone. (more info) planctum , to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. 1. Audible expression of sorrow;
  • DOUBLET
    A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. (more info) 1.
  • FABRICATE
    1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship. 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. 3. To invent and form; to forge; to
  • ABORIGINALLY
    Primarily.
  • WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
    A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
  • INFABRICATED
    Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural.
  • CHAMPLAIN PERIOD
    A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending
  • EXPLAIN
    out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear

 

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