calamistrate

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• Calamistrate — Cal a*mis trate ( m[i^]s tr[=a]t), 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English