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Calamist (gcide) | Calamist \Cal"a*mist\ (-m[i^]st), n. [L. calamus a reed.]
One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] --Blount.
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Calamistrate (gcide) | Calamistrate \Cal`a*mis"trate\ (-m[i^]s"tr[=a]t), v. i. [L.
calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum
curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.]
To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. |
Calamistration (gcide) | Calamistration \Cal`a*mis*tra"tion\
(k[a^]l`[.a]*m[i^]s*tr[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] --Burton.
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Calamistrum (gcide) | Calamistrum \Cal`a*mis"trum\, n. [L., a curling iron.] (Zool.)
A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of
certain spiders (Ciniflonid[ae]), used to curl certain
fibers in the construction of their webs.
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