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Cam"bist (?), n. [F.
cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L. cambire to
exchange. See Change.] A banker; a money changer or
broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in
the science of exchange.

Cam"bist*ry (?), n. The
science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

Cam"bi*um (?), n. [LL.
cambium exchange, fr. L. cambire to exchange. It
was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.]
1. (Bot.) A series of formative cells
lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark.
The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very
soft.

2. (Med.) A fancied nutritive
juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair
losses of the system, and to promote its increase.
Dunglison.

Cam"blet (?), n. See
Camlet.

Cam*boge" (?), n. See
Gamboge.

Cam*boose" (?), n. (Naut.)
See Caboose.

Cam"bra*sine (?), n.


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