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ertain name; a race; a family. The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. Motley.

or dating from one's birth; native. Princes' children took names from their natal places. Camden. Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. Prior.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]

f economy. To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton.

om the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc. Neroli camphor (Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from beroli oil; -- called also auradin.

se was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came. Bacon.

ith. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. Camden.

bstance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.

A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] Camden.

An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. [Written also nitrogelatine.]

A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.

News; fresh tidings. [Obs.] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. Latimer.

The state or quality of being numerable or countable. Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number. 2 Esdras iii. 7.

phabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Phoenician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan…

ch is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause. Object, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause.... This innovation was probably borrowed from the French. Sir. W. Hamilton. Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. D. Webste…

d, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground. Sir J. Herschel.

n a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. -- Officer of the deck, or Officer of the watch (Naut.), the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.

A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa).

; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. "An old acquaintance." Camden.

Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] Camden.