camshelln.

Forms: 1600s– camshell, 1700s camshall, 1900s– kamshell.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cam , shell n.

Etymology: Probably < Scots cam pipeclay (compare camstone n.) + shell n., apparently so called from its resemblance in colour and appearance.Alternatively perhaps compare Norwegian (Bókmål) kamskjell , (Nynorsk) kamskjel scallop shell (with first element kam comb n.). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcamshell.

In Orkney and Shetland: Cuttlefish bone.

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a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 18 On the shore is to be found..Camshells or Os-Sepiæ, that the Gold-Smith makes so great Use of.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Camshall, a word used in Zetland to denote the os sepiæ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	camshell
释义	camshelln. Forms: 1600s– camshell, 1700s camshall, 1900s– kamshell. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cam , shell n. Etymology: Probably < Scots cam pipeclay (compare camstone n.) + shell n., apparently so called from its resemblance in colour and appearance.Alternatively perhaps compare Norwegian (Bókmål) kamskjell , (Nynorsk) kamskjel scallop shell (with first element kam comb n.). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcamshell. In Orkney and Shetland: Cuttlefish bone. ΚΠ a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 18 On the shore is to be found..Camshells or Os-Sepiæ, that the Gold-Smith makes so great Use of. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Camshall, a word used in Zetland to denote the os sepiæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1688
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