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discamp
† discamp, v. Mil. Obs. (dɪˈskæmp) [ad. It. scampare, with substitution of the full form of the prefix dis- for s-: cf. decamp.] 1. intr. To raise or break up a camp; to depart from a place of encampment; to decamp. Also fig.1579 Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 213 After which accident..they discamped secr... Oxford English Dictionary
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decamp
decamp, v. (dɪˈkæmp) [a. F. décamper, earlier descamper (Cotgr. 1611); f. des-, dé- (see de- I. 6) + camp. Cf. It. scampare = discampare, discamp.] 1. intr. (Mil.) To break up a camp; to remove from a place of encampment. Hence, said of other bodies or parties leaving a camping-place.1676 [see b]. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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unfortify
unˈfortify, v. (un-2 3.)1574 Hellowes tr. Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 272, I commaund you..to discamp your camp, and to vnfortifie Tordisillas. 1603 Florio Montaigne ii. xv. 359 A peaceable time will require we shall vnfortifie them [sc. our houses]. Oxford English Dictionary
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scampavia
‖ scampavia (skampaˈvia) Also 8 scampavie. [It., f. scampare to run off, decamp (see discamp v.) + via way, away.] A swift sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean.1723 Pres. St. Russia I. 35 Three Russian Scampavies full of Russian Soldiers. 1802 Naval Chron. VIII. 122 Quick sailing little vessels ... Oxford English Dictionary
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scamper
▪ I. scamper, n.1 (ˈskæmpə(r)) [f. scamper v.] The action of scampering, in the senses of the vb.; also, an instance of this. Also in the phrases to be on or upon the scamper, to put to the scamper.1697 Vanbrugh æsop Pref., The first day it [sc. this Play] appear'd, 'twas routed.., the fourth it gav... Oxford English Dictionary
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