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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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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 July 6, 2025, 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. 6 Jul. 2025. 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 6 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L1LF4WTXLW6H781.
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