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Camel
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- 1 Of a light brown color like that of a camel. not-comparable
"[…] try to select accessories that are in the same color family as your coat," says millinery designer Patricia Underwood. To pick up the weave of a brown tweed jacket, for instance, choose a camel hat and black gloves."
- 1 A river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Padstow.
- 1 A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
"Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe, That we may trauell into Siria, […]"
- 2 Synonym of giraffe. South-Africa, obsolete
- 3 A cigarette of a popular American brand.
"Mr. Martin bought the pack of Camels on Monday night in the most crowded cigar store on Broadway."
- 4 cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions wordnet
- 5 A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
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- 6 A vessel or tank, typically paired, used to make an object more buoyant.
"Nantucket Island is probably the only place in the United States where camels were put to work to solve the problem created by a sandbar. They were Marine camels, and like their live namesake, they were of a rugged construction and were designed to do very heavy work. In the shape of two large wooden boxes, the camels were flooded with sea water until they sank to a low level in the water; they were then arranged on each side of a heavily-loaded ship and drawn tightly together around the ship by means of heavy chains passing under the ship's hull. As the sea water was pumped out of the camels, they rose up to a higher level, raising the ship between them, and when fully emptied the camels and the ship were towed across the bar easily and safely because of the lesser draft. First used in Holland as early as 1688, the camels were invented by one M. M. Bakker, who named them for their great strength. The Dutch used them to carry large ships over the Pampas, which was a passage between two sandbanks in the Zyder Zee, opposite the mouth of the River Y, and about six miles from the city of Amsterdam. The Russians adopted the idea and used camels for carrying ships over the shoals at Neva..."
- 7 A person of Middle Eastern origin. ethnic, slur
- 8 A fairy chess piece that is moved three squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
"The fers and camel can reach all the cells of one colour. The others are more restricted; the dummy cannot move at all, and the commuter can only move back and forth between two cells."
Etymology
From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (camoul). As a marine device, from Dutch. As an ethnic slur, short for camelfucker, camel jockey, etc.
From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (camoul). As a marine device, from Dutch. As an ethnic slur, short for camelfucker, camel jockey, etc.
Borrowed from Afrikaans kameel.
From a Cornish word meaning "crooked" - the crooked river.
From the Turkish tobacco used in the cigarette, similar to Egyptian cigarettes of the time.
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