camper2 (kamper)

[ A true and circumstantial delineation of the camper's life in the Maine forests. The American, VII. 169. camperknowst, n. [E. dial., prop. * camper nolls , lit. mushrooms (of which in part the dish was prob. composed), = MD. kampernoelie , D. kampernoelje = MLG. kampernōl , mushroom, campignuolo , > F. champignon , a mushroom: see champignon .] Ale pottage, made with sugar, spices, etc. Grose. campesont, n. Same as gambeson . Wright. campestral (kam-pes'tral), a . [L. campestris , campus , a field: see camp2 .] Pertaining to an open field; growing in a field or on open ground. The campestral or wild beech is blacker and more dur able. Mortimer . campestrian, campest rine (kam-pes'tri-an, -trin), a . Same as campestral . camp-fightt (kamp'fit), n. [ camp1 + fight ; cf. ML. campus , a duel: see camp1 .] In old law , a trial by duel, or the combat of two cham- pions, for the decision of a controversy. camp-fire (kamp'fir), n. 1. A fire in a camp for warmth or cooking: as, a soldier's or a hunter's camp -fire. It is commonly built in the open air and on the ground. A huge camp - fire blazing up beneath the forest arches. Forest and Stream , XXI. 5. One who 2. Among the members of the society called the Grand Army of the Republic, a meeting or reunion of the members of a post. [U. S.] camp-follower (kamp'folō-er), n. follows a camp or an army without being officially connected with it, as a sutler, washer woman, etc. The troops were attended by a great multitude of camp followers . Macaulay . In the moment of failure [at Bannock burn), the sight of a body of camp - followers , whom they mistook for reenlish host. for cements to the enemy, spread panic through the Eng J. R. Green, Short Hist. Eng. People, iv. §& IMG:content-2993.png:[blocks in formation] camphene, camphine (kam-fēn' or kam'fēn), camphor (kam'for), v. t. [ camphor , n.] To n . [ camph (or) +-ene, -ine2.] 1. The generic impregnate or wash with camphor; camphor- name of the volatile oils or hydrocarbons havate. [Rare.] ing the general formula C10H16, which are camphoraceous (kam-fo-rā'shius), a. [ isomeric or polymeric with oil of turpentine. Many camphenes exist ready formed in plants, as oil of cloves, bergamot, etc. They are re liquid at ordinary tem per at ures, and are distinguished from one another by their odors, boiling-points, and action on polarized light. They absorb oxygen and convert it into ozone. The name is sy nonymous with terpene; but by some authorities the latter is made the generic name of all the volatile hydrocarbons having the formula C10H16, while camphene is limited to those terpenes which are solid at ordinary temperatures. 2. The commercial term for purified oil of turpentine, obtained by distilling the crude oil over quicklime to free it from resin. It gives a brilliant light in lamps having a very strong draft for the prevention of smoke, and was extensively used before the introduction of petroleum.