Old English camel, perhaps via Old North French camel (Old French chamel, Modern French chameau), from Latin camelus, from Greek kamelos, from Hebrew or Phoenician gamal, perhaps related to Arabic jam [..]

Camel [N] [S]from the Hebrew gamal , "to repay" or "requite," as the camel does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels, having, however, the common charac [..]

type of large pack animal with one or two humps on its back.

a big animal with a long neck and one or tow humps on its back. It carries people or things from place to place in some hot countries

  derrogatory name for an awkward person.

from the Hebrew _gamal_, "to repay" or "requite," as the camel does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels, having, however, the common characteristics of [..]

The species of camel which was in common use among the Jews and the heathen nations of Palestine was the Arabian or one-humped camel, Camelus arabicus . The dromedary is a swifter animal than the bagg [..]

Customized Application Mobile Enhanced Logic –

(n) cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

Customized Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) is an application to easily extend the services offered within a GSM network. CAMEL provides the mechanisms to support operator specif [..]

The name of Mahomet’s favourite camel was Al Kaswa. The mosque at Koba covers the spot where it knelt when Mahomet fled from Mecca. Mahomet considered the kneeling of the camel as a sign sent [..]

A tank filled with water and placed against the hull of a stranded or sunken vessel. It is well secured to the vessel and then pumped out, the buoyancy thus added helping to lift the vessel.

A fender type object which can be made from one large timber or a group of timbers which floats alongside a pier to breast or hold a vessel off the dock face. This keeps the vessel's side shell doors or ramps accessible and also prevents the hull paint from being scraped during tidal fluctuations.

A wooden float placed between a vessel and a dock acting as a fender.

(In engineering) a decked vessel having great stability designed for use in the lifting of sunken vessel or structures. A submersible float used for the same purpose by submerging, attaching, and pump [..]

Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

  Large timber or rectangular structure used as a fender between a ship and the pier.    

Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

A padded fender to keep a vessel away from a pier or quay to prevent damage to the hull or pier

large float used for keeping a vessel away from the wharf, pier, or quay. A camel is in the water, while a fender is suspended above the water.

Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

A large float (often a small barge or cluster of logs) placed between a large ship and a pier or between two ships to prevent rubbing or chafing. See "Fender.

An acronym for the rating system that federal regulators use for their examinations of banks (banks are evaluated based on their Capital, Asset quality, Management, Earnings and Liquidity).

n. "camel, dromedary," s.v. camel OED. KEY: camel@n

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A float used as a fender. Also called BREASTING FLOAT.

t is a system of bank rating which serves as an effective sup plement to bank supervision. It refers to five key criteria, viz., Capital adequacy '(C), asset quality (A), management (M), earning (E), and liquidity (L) against each of which a bank's financial health is evaluated on a scale of "1" to "5", [..]

Camel hair for the production of fabric is obtained from the Bactrian camel, which reside in the steppes of Central and Eastern Asia. Camel hair is harvested by hand, then graded according to the colo [..]

Application Part (CAP)-CAMEL application part is a set of call processing messages, originally defined for use with GSM, for the customization of setup and control of wireless calls in a GSM or WCDMA network.

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