Dictionary: CALM – CAMH

► CALM adj. 1. of ice: smooth, even → 1808 Sc. 
adj. 2. quietly insolent; unabashed, impudent → 1888 colloq.
► CALMATIVE adj. having a calming effect → 1871
n. anything which has a calming effect → 1870
► CALMER n. a barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant → 1999 UK sl. 
► CALM OF DAY n. daylight → 1939 Amer. dial.
► CALMY adj. characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful → 1587 arch., poetic usage
► CALO n. a camp-servant → 1617 obs.
► CALODEMONIAL adj. pert. to beautiful or good spirits → 1522 obs.
► CALOGRAM n. a suggested substitute for ‘cablegram’ → 1868
► CALOGRAPHY n. calligraphy → 1804
► CALONKUS n. a fool → L19 Aust. sl.
► CALOOP vb. to neck, to pet; to go courting; to kiss and cuddle → 1942 Amer. sl.
► CALOPHANTIC adj. pretending or making a show of excellence; hypocritical → 1596 obs.
► CALOR n. heat, warmth → 1599 obs.
► CALORIC adj. pert. to heat → 1865
n. heat → 1794
► CALORICALLY adv. in the manner of heat, as heat → 1869
► CALORIDUCT n. a tube or channel for conducting heat → 1864
► CALORIFIANT adj. producing heat → 1860
► CALORIFICAL adj. producing heat → 1620 obs. 
► CALORIFY vb. to make hot → 1841
► CALOROUS adj. warm  → 1737 obs.
► CALOTTE n. a snowcap; an ice-cap → 1894
► CALOUR n. heat, warmth → 1599 obs.
► CALP n. a hat → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► CALSAY-PAIKER n. a street walker → 1879 Sc.
► CALSEY n. a raised footpath; the pavement, sidewalk → 1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CALSHIE adj. crabbed, ill-tempered, ill-humoured, surly, rude → 1790 Sc.
► CALTROP n. a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like → 1300 obs.
vb. to catch or trap with a ‘caltrop’  → 1440 obs.
► CALUMET FEVER n. fear of riding logs down the slide at Calumet, Quebec → 1964 Ottawa valley lumbermen sl. 
► CALUMNER n. a calumniator; a slanderer → 1614 obs. 
► CALUMNIATE vb. to slander, to defame; to make false charges against → 1554 
► CALUMNIATION n. 1. slandering; malicious detraction→ 1548 
n. 2. a libellous report; a slander, calumny → 1588 
► CALUMNIATOR n. a slanderer → 1549 
► CALUMNIATORY adj. slanderous → 1625 
► CALUMNIE vb. to calumniate → 1827 Sc. obs. 
► CALUMNIER n.  a slanderer → 1586 obs.
► CALUMNIOUS adj. slanderous; defamatory → 1490
► CALUMNIZE vb. to slander; to defame → 1606 obs.
► CALUMNY n. malicious representation; slander; libel; a false charge; a slanderous or libellous statement or report → 1564
vb. to calumniate, to slander → 1563 
► CALUTED adj. idiotic, stupid, dull of comprehension → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALVAIR n. a skull → 1420 obs.
► CALVE n. a fall of earth, a landslip, a bulging or falling in of a wall, etc.→ 1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to fall in as an undermined bank or side of a cutting → 1755 Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. of a glacier or iceberg: to detach and throw off a mass of ice → 1837
vb. 3. to vomit → 1847 Amer. sl.
► CALVEN adj. that has calved → 1863
► CALVES GONE TO GRASS phr. said of slender, undeveloped legs, with lack of calves → 1813
► CALVES’ HEADS ARE BEST HOT phr. a sarcastic apology for one sitting down to eat with his hat on → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► THE CALVES’ LESSON IN CURVES n. an attractive girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CALVES’-SNOUT n. an old name of snapdragon, esp. of Antirrhinum Orontium, or Antirrhinum minus → 1548
► CALVIN adj. absolute zero; nothing → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► CALVIN KLEIN n. 1. a judicial fine → 1998 rhyming sl.
n. 2. wine → 1998 rhyming sl.
n. 3.  nine → 2000 rhyming sl.
► CALVIN KLEIN SPECIAL n. a mixture of cocaine and the recreational drug ketamine → 1995 US sl. 
► CALVISH adj. doltish, stupid → 1570 
► CALVITY n. baldness → 1623
► CALWART adj. of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing → 1866 Sc. 
► CALZOONS n. in Turkey and the Middle East: drawers, hose, trousers → 1615 obs. 
​► CAM adj. 1. perverse, obstinate, cross → 1600 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. crooked, twisted, bent from the straight → 1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adv. 1. away from the straight line, awry, askew → 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adv. 2. awkwardly, crookedly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. the crest of a hill, a ridge; a long narrow earthen mound → 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. contradiction, perverse argument → 1875 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a camisole or underbodice → 20C sl.
n. 4. cami-knickers → 20C sl.
n. 5. camouflage → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. a camera → 1969 sl.
n. 7. Cambodian marijuana, usually very strong → 1970 sl.
vb. 1. to make crooked; to tread shoes out of shape → 1748 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel → 1875 Eng. dial.
► CAMAC n. anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose → 19C Irish sl.
► CAMACHAL n. a troublesome boy → 1934 Sc.
► CAMARADA n. a company of soldiers messing or lodging together → 1598 obs. 
► CAMARADA DE AQUELLA n. a term of high praise; a ‘number-one guy’ → 1960 US sl.
► CAMARINE n. a fetid marsh or swamp → 1576 obs.
► CAMBAUTE n. a crooked bat or stick → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAMBER adj. curved → 1387 obs. 
n. 1. the condition of being slightly arched or convex above → 1618
n. 2. the curvature of the wings of an aeroplane2192 → 1910 
vb. 1. to be or become slightly arched or curved so that the centre is higher than the ends → 1627
vb. 2. to bend a beam, etc. upwards in the middle; to arch slightly → 1852
► CAMBER-NOSE n. an aquiline nose → 1888 (Bk.)
► CAMBERWELL CARROT n. an exceptionally long and fat marijuana cigarette → 1987 UK sl. 
► CAMBIAL adj. relating to exchange in commerce → 1864 
► CAMBIO n. 1. a bill of exchange → 1645 obs.
n. 2. a place of exchange → 1656 obs. 
► CAMBISM n. the theory and practice of exchanges → 1837
► CAMBIST n. one who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange → 1809
► CAMBISTRY n. the science or operations of the ‘cambist’ → 1888 (Bk.)
► CAMBIUM n. 1. exchange, barter → 1708 obs.
n. 2. a place of exchange → 1708 obs.
► CAMBO adj. Cambodian → 1972 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a Cambodian → 1979 Amer. sl.
n. 2. Cambodia → 1985 Amer. sl.
► CAMBODE adj. Cambodian→ 1986 US military sl.
n. a Cambodian → 1964 US military sl.
► CAMBODIAN RED n. a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia → 1973 drug culture sl.
► CAMBODIAN TRIP n. a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana → 1960 drug culture sl.
► CAMBOOSE n. a cook’s galley on a vessel → 1848 Amer. dial.
► CAMBORNE n. a drubbing, a beating → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAMBRA n. a dog → 18C sl.
► CAMBREL n. a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on → 1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► CAMBREN n. a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on → 1656 obs. rare 
► CAMBRIAN adj. pert. to Wales; Welsh→ 1627
n. a Welshman → 1780
► CAMBRIC COFFEE n. very weak coffee → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE n. a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone → L17 sl.
► CAMBRIDGE NIGHTINGALE n. a frog → 1880 sl.
► CAMBRIDGE-OAK n. the willow tree → 1790 Eng. dial. sl.
► CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAMEL n. a native of Cambridgeshire → M17
► CAMBRIDGESHIRE NIGHTINGALE n. a frog → 1844 sl.
► CAMBRIDGESHIRE OAK n. the willow tree → 1826 Eng. dial. sl.
► CAMCREEK n. Cambridge → 1920 Cambridge undergraduates’ usage
► CAMDEN TOWN n. 1. halfpenny → 1859 rhyming sl. for ‘brown’
n. 2. a penny → 1920 rhyming sl. for ‘brown’
► CAMEIST n. a maker or connoisseur of cameos → 1866
► CAMEL n. 1. a great, awkward, hulking fellow → 1606
n. 2. anything large and difficult to ‘swallow’ or do away with → 1637
n. 3. a giraffe → M19 S. African colloq. esp. hunters’ usage
n. 4. a bustle, or dress-improver → 1882 US sl.
n. 5. in horse racing: an old or worthless horse → 1898 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a prisoner who neglects personal hygiene → 1990 Aust. prison sl.
► CAMELBACK n. 1. a bony or poor-looking horse → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front → 1941 Amer. dial.
► CAMEL-BIRD n. the ostrich → 1771
► CAMEL-BREATH adj. a derogatory adjective → 1960 sl.
► CAMELCADE n. a train of people on camels; a caravan with camels → 1886
► CAMEL CHASER n. a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously → 1968 Amer. sl.
► THE CAMEL CORPS n. the infantry → 1915 military jocular usage
► CAMEL-DRIVER n. 1. a Jew → 1920 US sl.
n. 2. a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane → 1927 US military sl.
n. 3. a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously → 1975 Amer. sl.
► CAMEL-DUNG n. unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco → 20C sl., derogatory
► CAMELEER n. a camel-driver → 1785
► CAMEL FLAGS n. camouflage → 1915 Amer. World War I sl.
► CAMEL-FUCKER n. an Arab, a native of the Middle East → 1960 US sl., derogatory
► CAMELHEAD n. an Arab, a native of the Middle East → 2000 US sl., derogatory
► CAMELINE adj. belonging to a camel → 1865
► CAMELION n. a giraffe → 1382 obs.
► CAMELISH adj. obstinate as a camel → 1888 (Bk.)
► CAMELIST n. a partisan of the camel  → 1863
► CAMEL-JAMMER n. an Arab or Iranian → 1970 US sl., derogatory
► CAMEL JOCK n. 1. an Arab, a native of the Middle East → 1960 US sl., derogatory
n. 2. a foreign student from the near East → 1966 US students’ sl.
n. 3. an Indian → 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory
► CAMEL JOCKEY n. 1. an Arab, a native of the Middle East  → 1965 US sl.. derogatory
n. 2. a Syrian → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► CAMEL-KNEED adj. having hard or callous knees like those of a camel, caused by much kneeling → 1801
► CAMELLER n. a camel-driver → 1615 obs.
► CAMEL-MERCHANT n. a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane → 1926 US military sl.
► CAMELOPARD n. the giraffe → 1398
► CAMELOPARD HOUSE n. one having two stories in the front and one behind → 1981 Amer. dial.
► CAMEL-PUNCHER n. a camel-driver → 1910 Aust. sl.
► CAMEL RIDER n. 1. an Asian → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a Syrian → 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory
► CAMEL-RIGG’D adj. of animals: having a high, crooked back → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAMEL’S COMPLAINT n. depression, low spirits; the ‘hump’ → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► CAMEL’S FOOT n. the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers → 1990 sl., orig. US
► CAMEL TOE n. the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers → 1990 sl., orig. US
► CAMEO n. a type of haircut popular among young Black males; the hair is trimmed short on the side and flat or angular on top → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CAMEO CUT n. a short-cropped Black haircut, pioneered by the hip-hop culture → 1980 African-American sl.
► CAME OVER WITH AN ICE-CREAM BARROW phr. said of Italians → 20C Brit. sl.
► CAME OVER WITH THE CATTLE BOAT phr. said of foreigners → 20C Brit. sl.
► CAME OVER WITH THE MORMONS phr. said of foreigners → 20C Brit. sl.
► CAME OVER WITH THE MORONS phr. said of foreigners → 20C Brit. sl.
► CAME OVER WITH THE ONION BOAT phr. said of foreigners → 20C Brit. sl.
► CAMERA CLICKER n. a photographer → 1966 Amer. sl.
► CAMERAL n. a large, ill-shaped, awkward person → 1825 Sc.
► CAMERA OBSCURA n. the buttocks; the anus → L19 sl.
► CAMERATE vb. to make an arch, to vault → 1623 obs.
► CAMERER CUSS n. a London bus → 1910 rhyming sl.
► CAMERIST n. a chamber-woman, a lady’s maid → 1838
► CAMESA n. a shirt → M17 sl.
► CAM EWES n. seagulls → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAM-HANDED adj. awkward, clumsy → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)