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Calamis Encyclopedia Britannica

CALAMIS. See Archaeology, vol. ii. p. 354.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 652
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Calamist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who plays upon a reed or pipe.

Calamistrate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To curl or frizzle the hair.

Calamistrate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To curl or friz, as the hair.

Calamistration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of curling the hair.

Calamistration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or process of curling the hair.

Calamistrum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.