a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made. ]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made. ]
He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]