Defn: Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the
Silurian or Molluscan age; — sometimes described as inferior to the
Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See
the Diagram under Geology.
CAMBRIAN
Cam"bri*an, n.
1. A native of Cambria or Wales.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: The Cambrian formation.
CAMBRIC Cam"bric, n. Etym: [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.]
1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak.
2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; — also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
CAMBROBRITON; CAMBRO-BRITON
Cam"bro*Brit"on, n.
Defn: A Welshman.