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 Camille. A Messenger (in the Hetrurian tongue.) ¶Rab. Camin. as Chemin. ¶Pic. Caminée. as Cheminée. ¶Pic. Camion: m. The small, and short Pinne wherewith women pinne in their ruffes, &c; also, a kind of little cart vsed by the vinegar-makers of Paris; also, a small Muserole for a horse.

Camisade: f. A Camisado, canuas, or cold Pie; a suddain assaulting, or surprisall of the enemie (so tearmed, because the souldiors that execute it, most commonly weare shirts ouer their armours, or take their enemies in their shirts;) also, the thin filme, or skin, which inwraps a child in the bed, or after-birth.

Camisole: f. A Wastcoat (for a man;) also, a certaine robe, or garment of linnen, worne by the French kings at their coronations.

Camomille: f. The hearbe Camamell, or Camomill.  Camomille blanche. White sweet Camomill, or garden Camomill.   Camomille à fleur purpurée. Red Camomill, red Maithe, Rosearubie, Adonis red flower.  Camomille jaulne. Yellow sweet Camomill; also, yellow Mayweed, or, golden Cotula. Camomille saffranée. Golden corne-flower, yellow corne-flower; the wild, or corne Marigold.  Camomille sauvage. Wild Camomill, May-weed, stinking Maithes; some also call so, the hearbe Hore-*hound.  Camomille vulgaire. The common, or wild Camomill; like vnto, but nothing so sweet as, garden Camomill.

Camorre: f. A sharpe, and double-edged Cauesson of yron, for an vnruly horses nose.

Camote: f. The name of an Indian root, which rosted, is very good meat.

Camouärd: m. An ougly flat-nosed fellow.

Camoufflet: m. A Snuft, or cold Pie; a smoakie paper held vnder the nose of a slug, or sleeper.

Camp: m. A Campe; an Hoast, or Armie lodged; a Field.  Camp arresté. A fortified, setled, or standing campe, abiding still in one place, whether it be to keepe the field, or to besiege a fort.  Camp clos. Looke Champ. Camp ouvert. A plaine or open place, wherein a battell or combat hath beene, or may be, fought.  Camp volant. An armie of light horse, or light armed footmen, kept for, and imploied in, rodes.  Le camp luy est demeuré. He hath gotten the victorie; the field is his.

Campagne: f. A plaine field, large plaine, wide and leuell peece of ground.

Campaignard: m. arde: f. Fieldie; keeping, or liuing in; of, or belonging to, the fields.

Campaigne: f. ''A plaine field, &c. as'' Campagne. Campal: m. ale: f. Campall; of, in, or belonging to, a campe, or field.

Campane: f. A bell; also, the hearbe Elycampane; also, a Limbecke, or Stillitorie; or the vpper part thereof, which resembles a Bell.  Mettre la campane au chat. To make a iarre, to set at oddes, to begin a quarrell, to bring together by the eares.

Campanel: m. A Campanell, or Bell-fashioned rowle in the mouth of a bitt; also, a Bell bitt.

Campanelle: f. as Campanel; also, a little tinging bell. Campanelle cul de bassin. A Campanell, made compasse like the breech of a cannon, or the outside of the bottome of a bason.  Campanelle à cul plat. A Campanell, whose broad end is made flat, and plaine.

Campanette: f. Withiewind; Bindweed, hedge-bels; also, the Peach-bell, or, Steeple-bell flower; also, the white Daffadill, or Narcissus. Campanettes blanches. White Peach-bels, or Steeple-bell-flowers; also, a great smooth Bindweed, or Hedge-bels.

Campanotte jaulne de Bourgongne. The yellow Daffadill.

Campart. as Champart. Campeger. To incampe, or pitch a campe; also, to reside, or dwell in the fields.

Camper. To campe, to incampe, to pitch a campe.

Camphre: m. The gumme tearmed, Camphire.  Camphre artificiel. Artificiall Camphire, is such, as hath beene refined, and whitened in the Sunne, or by fire.  Camphre en rose. Naturall Camphire, is such, as hath not beene touched by fire.  L'odeur de camphre chastre l'homme: Pro. (Such power hath that Simple, diuers wayes, to make a man chast.)

Camphré: m. ée: f. Camphired; made of, or mingled with, Camphire; and hence;  Eau camphrée. Camphire water.

Camphrer. To make of Camphire; to dresse, mingle, or annoint with, Camphire.

Campiger. as Campeger. Campole. The name of a certaine white grape, which hath very white kernels.

Campoles: f. The Tendrels, or twyning sprigs, of plants.

Campos. The leaue to play, or a vacation time, for scholers.  Il a prins campos. He hath betaken him to the wide, and broad fields; or, he is flatly run away.

Camus: m. camuse: f. Flat-nosed.  Il fut rendu bien camus. He was very much ashamed, extreamely out of countenance, exceedingly put downe; whence;  Des harangueurs bien camus. Blanked, grauelled, or driuen to a Non-plus.

Camuser. To flatten, or quash downe, the nose; to breake the bridge of the nose; to make flat-nosed.

Camuserie: f. The being flat-nosed.

Camuset: m. ette: f. Somewhat flat-nosed.

Camusette: f. A little flat-nosed Elfe.

Canabassement: m. A canuassing; or, a curious examination, searching, or sifting out, of matters.

Canabasser. To canuasse; or curiously to examin, search, or sift out, the depth of a matter.

Canabasserie: f. as Canabassement. Canabel: m. A kind of earth (like vnto the smallest sand) which (as Arabians report) fals with raine from the skie.

Canadelle: f. The smallest of rock-fishes, beautified with spots of sundry colours, and very good meat.

Canaille: f. Dogs; a kennell, or companie of dogs, a knot of curres; also, a base crue, roguish troupe, rascall companie of scoundrels; the dregs, or offalls, of the people; persons of no worth, value, nor vertue.

Canal: m. A channell, kennell, furrow, gutter; also, a conduit pipe. Le canal de la bouche d'un cheval. The hollow part wherein his tongue lyes.