Camp
(Camp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped (kamt; 215); p. pr. & vb n. Camping.] To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.

Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
Shak.

Camp
(Camp), v. i.

1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; - - often with out.

They camped out at night, under the stars.
W. Irving.

2. [See Camp, n., 6] To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

Campagna
(Cam*pa"gna) n. [It. See Campaigg.] An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.

Campagnol
(||Cam`pa`gnol") n. [F. , fr. campagne field.] (Zoöl.) A mouse called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

Campaign
(Cam*paign") n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]

1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. Grath.

2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.

3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.]

4. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

Campaign
(Cam*paign") v. i. To serve in a campaign.

Campaigner
(Cam*paign"er) n. One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

Campana
(Cam*pa"na) n. [LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle.]

1. (Eccl.) A church bell.

2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. Drayton.

3. (Doric Arch.) Same as Gutta.

Campaned
(Cam*paned") a. (Her.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.

Campanero
(||Cam`pa*ne"ro) n. [Sp., a bellman.] (Zoöl.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.

Campanes
(Cam*panes") n. pl. [See Campana.] (Her.) Bells. [R.]

Campania
(||Cam*pa"ni*a) n. [See Campaig.] Open country. Sir W. Temple.

Campaniform
(Cam*pan"i*form) a. [LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme.] Bell-shaped.


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