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camshachle
camshachle, v. Sc. (kamˈʃax(ə)l) Also camshauchel. [f. cam a. crooked, awry + shachle v. to distort.] trans. To crook, distort, twist all awry. Hence camshachled ppl. a.1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 33 (Jam.) Nae auld camshaucheld warlock loun. 1819 St. Patrick II. 191 (Jam.) An ye think tae camshachle me ...
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ramshackled
ramshackled, ppl. a. (ˈræmʃæk(ə)ld) Also 7 ranshacled, 8 -shackled, 9 Sc. -shachled. [Perh. f. ram-, ranshackle ransackle v., as if = ‘wrecked or destroyed by plundering’; but cf. Sc. camshachle, to distort.] = ramshackle a. i.1675 S. Sewall Diary 31 July, A window which was all ranshacled. 1703 ― L...
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