Vocabulary : Camonflet to Campaign

Camonflet : A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.
Camorra : A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc.
Camous : Alt. of Camoys
Camoused : Depressed; flattened.
Camously : Awry.

Camoys : Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Camp : The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. ;; A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. ;; A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. ;; The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. ;; A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie. ;; An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. ;; To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. ;; To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out. ;; To play the game called camp.
Campagna : An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
Campagnol : A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
Campaign : An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. ;; A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. ;; Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. ;; The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation. ;; To serve in a campaign.

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