camouccioł

See camooch. camouche, n. Same as kamichi. camouflet (F. pron. ka-mö'flā), n. [F., smoke puffed into a sleeper's face; origin unknown.] Milit., a mine with a charge so small as not to produce any crater when exploded. Such a mine is often sunk in the wall of earth between two parallel galleries, in order, by blowing the earth into one of them, to suffocate or cut off the retreat of the miner who is at work in it. When used for this purpose it is also called a stifter. camoust, camust, a. [Early mod. E. also ca moys, Round was his face and camo is was his nose. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, I. 14. camousedt, camusedt, a. [ camo us , camus , + -ed2.] Same as camo us . And though my nase be camused , my lips thick, And my chin bristled, Pan, great Pan, was such. B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. 1. Sir T. Browne. camouslyt, adv. Awry. Skelton. camoyst, a. Same as camo us. camp it (kamp), n. [ kamph, champf, MHG. G. kampf, a fight, battle, esp. in older use, of a fight between two, = Sw. Dan. kamp, battle, conflict, = Icel. kapp (a imilated from * kamp ), contest, zeal, eagerne , vehemence, a race (cf. ODan. kap, zeal, now only in the phrase om kap, in competition); regarded by some as an orig. Teut. word, but prob. Alle the kene mene of kampe , knyghtes and other. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3702. 2. An English form of the game of foot-ball. two lines 120 yards apart. A ball was laid in the middle, and on a given signal each party rushed forward to kick or throw it to the opposite goal. It was played by two parties of twelve men, ranged in