An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Teut. kalver-koe, id.

CAMBIE-LEAF, s. The water-lily, Nymphaea alba et lutea, Linn. S. B.

CAMDUI, s. A species of trout.
Sibbald.

Gael. cam, crooked, and dubh, black.

CAMY, CAMOK, adj.
1. Crooked.
Maitland Poems.
2. Metaph. used to denote what is rugged and unequal.
Douglas.

Ir. Gael. cam, C. B. kam, L. B. cam-us.

CAMLA-LIKE, adj. Sullen, surly; Aberd.
Journ. Lond.

Isl. kamleit-r, id., tetricus.

CAMMERAIGE, CAMROCHE, s. Cambric.
Acts Ja. VI.

Named from Cambray, in Lat. Camerac-um, in Teut. Camerijk.