Read full poem →Tennyson's prize poem was published shortly after the Cam-
bridge Commencement of 1829, and was very favorably noticed
Dictionary Entry
A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
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Common Phrases
. camranh camshaft camsystems camsystem camcam john
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Poetry examples for “cam”
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Read full poem →its word, and place trust in a party which merely
renews the broken promises of a previous cam-
paign! (Applause)
Read full poem →"He grew so cam he almost skeered us.
Says he: 'It's a fine Christmas over there.'
Read full poem →Then make thee wings of thine aspiring wit,
And, whence thou cam'st, fly back to heaven apace.
Read full poem →And but of lytel reputacioun,
Til that he cam, and with his poetrye
Gan our tungë first to magnifye,
Read full poem →When thou knew'st what I dreamt, when thou knew'st when
Excess of joy would wake me, and cam'st then,
I must confess it could not choose but be
Read full poem →When thou knew'st what I dreamt, when thou knew'st when
Excess of joy would wake me, and cam'st then,
I must confess it could not choose but be
Read full poem →other Provinces of Turkey, in 1809 and 1810_, by the Right Hon. Lord
Broughton, G.C.B. [John Cam Hobhouse], two volumes, 1858. The
orthography is based on that of Longmans' _Gazetteer of the World_,
Read full poem →Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
Read full poem →IX. JURIS DOCTOR JOHANNES-BAPTISTA BOTTINIUS,
FISCI ET REV. CAM. APOSTOL. ADVOCATUS 540
X. THE POPE 554