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† calaˈmistrate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. calamistrāt-us crisped, curled, f. calamistrum curling-iron; cf. F. calamistrer.]
trans. To curl, crisp, frizzle (the hair). Hence ˌcalamiˈstration.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. ii. ii. 469 Which belike makes..great women to calamistrate and curl it up. Ibid. iii. ii. ii. iii, When those..calamistrations, ointments, etc. shall be added, they will make the veriest dowdy otherwise, a goddess. |