American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Calamus

CALAMUS, n.

1. The generic name of the Indian cane, called also rotang. It is without branches, has a crown at the top, and is beset with spines.

2. In antiquity, a pipe or fistula, a wind instrument, made of a reed or oaten stalk.

3. A rush or reed used anciently as a pen to write on parchment or papyrus.

4. A sort of reed, or sweet-scented cane, used by the Jews as a perfume. It is a knotty root, reddish without and white within, and filled with a spungy substance. It has an aromatic smell.

5. The sweet flag, called by Linne Acorus.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Calamus," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1LF4WTXLW6H781.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Calamus." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 20 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1LF4WTXLW6H781.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Calamus' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 20 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1LF4WTXLW6H781.