Chamomile: Definition and part of speech

Chamomile

  1. n. A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Camonflet: Definition and part of speech

Camonflet

  1. n. A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy’s gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Camp: Definition and part of speech

Camp

  1. n. An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
  2. n. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
  3. n. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
  4. n. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter’s camp.
  5. n. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
  6. n. A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; — called also burrow and pie.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.