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See Barwood.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton.

The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.

A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

of Become.

Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

To arch over; to vault. Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.

An arch or vault.

A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay.

Departure from a camp; a marching off.

To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.

A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n.,

A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.