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Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [Poet.] "A still and calmy day" Spenser.

, loose dress or robe. [Also written camus.] [Obs.] All in a camis light of purple silk. Spenser.

A canto or division of a poem [Obs.] Spenser.

A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser.

To deprive of cap. [Obs.] Spenser.

- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine. -- Cape pigeon (Zoöl.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. -- Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] -- The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape…

The woodbine or honeysuckle. Spenser.

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

A capoch or hood. [Obs.] Spenser.

object of watchful attention or anxiety. Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. Spenser.

Expense of careening ships.

posing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. The careful cold beinneth for to creep. Spenser. By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak.

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser. Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak.

or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.] His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser. Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell. Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D. Blackmore.

To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. And carol of love's high praise. Spenser. The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie.

joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

The price or expense of carrying.

f an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser.

A strolling gamester. [Ireland] Spenser.

To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser.