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Cal`a*mis"trate (-m&ibreve;s"trāt), v.
i. [L. calamistratus, curled with the curling
iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a
reed.] To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.]
Cotgrave.

Cal`a*mis*tra"tion
(kăl`&adot;*m&ibreve;s*trā"shŭn),
n. The act or process of curling the
hair. [Obs.] Burton.

||Cal`a*mis"trum (?), n. [L., a
curling iron.] (Zoöl.) A comblike structure on
the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders
(Ciniflonidæ), used to curl certain fibers in the
construction of their webs.

Cal"a*mite (?), n. [L.
calamus a reed: cf. F. calamite.] (Paleon.)
A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general
form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or
Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of
trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See
Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Ca*lam"i*tous (?), a. [L.
Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.


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