*kam*

n. The Russian variety of bagatelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. jaquima headstall of a halter. ] A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [ Western U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Hock. ] A Rhenish wine. [ Obs. ] See Hock. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., & W. cam. Cf. Jamb, n. ] Crooked; awry. [ Obs. ] “This is clean kam.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. kāma love, the god of love. ] 1. The Hindu Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Desire; animal passion; -- supposed to create the
ka"ma ru"pa ety>[ Skr. rūpa shape, image ], a kind of simulacrum or astral likeness of a man which exists after his death in an invisible plane of being, called
ka"ma lo"ca ety>[ Skr. lōka space, world ], until the impulses which created it are exhausted and it finally fades away. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [ Written also kameela. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A low ridge. [ Scot. ] See Eschar. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A mountain in India and Tibet, 25, 447 feet high. [ proper name ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ Japanese, god. ] A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A curious South American bird (Anhima or Palamedea cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend + &unr_; material, fr. &unr_; wood, matter. ] A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bent, curved, fr. &unr_; to bend. ] (Min.) A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow. [ Written also campylite. ]

n. pl. [ from the older spelling Kamtschatka for Kamchatka. ] (Ethnol.) An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula; called also Kamchadals and Itelmen. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Ar. khamsīn, fr. khamsūn, oblique case khamsīn, fifty; -- so called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June. ] A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara. [ Written also Khamseen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The gemsbok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or Troglodytes Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., fr. kultur, cultur, culture + kampf fight. ] (Ger. Hist.) Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 - 1902), given to a struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of centralization. The struggle began with the passage by the Prussian Diet in May, 1873, of the so-called
May laws, or
Falk laws, aiming at the regulation of the clergy. Opposition eventually compelled the government to change its policy, and from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were enacted. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Rocambole. [ 1913 Webster ]