CAMPESTRAL, kam-pes'tral, _adj._ growing in or pertaining to fields.--Also
CAMPES'TRIAN. [L. _campestris_, from _campus_.]
CAMPHINE, kam'f[=i]n, _n._ rectified oil of turpentine.--Also CAM'PHENE.
CAMPHOR, kam'for, _n._ a solid essential oil, mostly obtained from the
camphor laurel of India, China, and Japan, having a peculiar hot aromatic
taste and a pleasant smell.--_adj._ CAMPHOR[=A]'CEOUS, like
camphor.--_v.t._ CAM'PHORATE, to impregnate with camphor.--_adjs._
CAM'PHORATE, CAMPHOR'IC, pertaining to camphor. [Fr. _camphre_--Low L.
_camphora_--Malay _kapur_, chalk.]
CAMPION, kam'pi-un, _n._ the common name of plants belonging to the genera
Lychnis and Silene. [Perh. from L. _campus_, a field.]
CAMPO SANTO, kam'po sant'o, _n._ the Italian name for a cemetery or
burying-ground, esp. for one enclosed by an arcade. [Lit. 'holy ground,'
the earth of that at Pisa having been brought from Palestine.]
CAMPYLOSPERMOUS, kam-pi-l[=o]-sper'mus, _adj._ (_bot._) having the albumen
of the seed curved at the margin so as to form a longitudinal furrow on the
ventral face. [Gr. _kampylos_, curved, _sperma_, a seed.]
CAMPYLOTROPAL, kam-pi-lot'r[=o]-pal, _adj._ (_bot._) curved so as to bring
the true apex close to the base--of an ovule or seed.--Also
CAMPYLOT'ROPOUS. [Gr. _kampylos_, curved, _trepein_, to turn.]
CAMSTAIRY, kam-st[=a]r'i, _adj._ perverse, unruly. [Ety. dub.; first part
at any rate _cam_, crooked.]
CAMSTONE, kam'st[=o]n, _n._ a kind of clay used to whiten doorsteps, &c.
CAM-WOOD, kam'-wood, _n._ a dye-wood obtained from _Baphia nitida_, a
leguminous tree, a native of Angola. It is at first white, but turns red on
exposure to air. [Perh. from African name _kambi_.]
CAN, kan, _v.i._ to be able: to have sufficient power:--_pa.t._ COULD.--CAN
is used for _gan_ in M. E. and even in Spenser. [A.S. _cunnan_, to know
(how to do a thing), to be able, pres. indic. _can_; Goth. _kunnan_, Ger.
_können_, to be able. See KNOW.]
CAN, kan, _n._ a vessel for holding or carrying liquids, generally of
tinned iron, with a handle over the top: a chimney-pot: a vessel of
tin-plate in which meat, fruit, &c. are hermetically sealed for
exporting--in England usually called a _tin_: a drinking-mug.--_v.t._ to
put up for preservation in cans.--_n.pl._ CANNED'-GOODS, meat, fruit, &c.
so prepared for preservation.--_n._ CAN'NERY, a place where meat, fish,
fruit, &c. are canned. [A.S. _canne_; cf. L. _canna_, a reed, Gr.
_kann[=e]_, a reed.]
CANAANITE, k[=a]'nan-[=i]t, _n._ a descendant of _Canaan_, the son of Ham:
a native of the land of Canaan.--_adj._ C[=A]'NAANITISH.