-kam-

‖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. ]