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calumet

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALUMET

n.Among the aboriginals of America, a pipe, used for smoking tobacco, whose bowl is usually of soft red marble, and the tube a long reed, ornamented with feathers. The calumet is used as a symbol or instrument of peace and war. To accept the calumet, is to agree to the terms of peace, and to refuse it, is to reject them. The calumet of peace is used to seal or ratify contracts and alliances, to receive strangers kindly, and to travel with safety. The calumet of war, differently made, is used to proclaim war.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALUMET

Cal "u *met, n. Etym: [F. calumet, fr. L. calamus reed. See Halm, and cf. Shawm. ]

 

Defn: A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers. Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe, As a signal to the nations.Lowgfellow.

 

Note: The calumet is used as a symbol of peace. To accept the calumet is to agree to terms of peace, and to refuse it is to reject them. The calumet of peace is used to seal or ratify contracts and alliances, and as an evidence to strangers that they are welcome.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

calumet

cal u met |ˈkalyəˌmet, -mit, ˌkalyəˈmet ˌkæljəˈmɛt | ▶noun a North American Indian peace pipe. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin calamellus ‘little reed, ’ diminutive of Latin calamus (referring to the pipe's reed stem ).

 

Calumet City

Cal u met Cit y |ˈkalyəˌmet ˌkæljəmɛt ˈsiti | a city in northeastern Illinois, south of Chicago, on the Indiana border; pop. 36,800 (est. 2008 ). The surrounding industrial region, in both states, is called the Calumet.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Calumet City

Cal u met Cit y |ˈkalyəˌmet ˌkæljəmɛt ˈsiti | a city in northeastern Illinois, south of Chicago, on the Indiana border; pop. 36,800 (est. 2008 ). The surrounding industrial region, in both states, is called the Calumet.

 

calumet

calumet |ˈkaljʊmɛt | ▶noun a North American Indian peace pipe. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin calamellus ‘little reed ’, diminutive of Latin calamus (referring to the pipe's reed stem ).

 

French Dictionary

calumet

calumet n. m. nom masculin Longue pipe des Amérindiens, qui symbolise la paix.

 

Spanish Dictionary

calumet

calumet nombre masculino Pipa adornada y muy larga que fumaban los indios norteamericanos para corroborar los acuerdos de paz .El plural es calumets .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

calumet

cal u met /kǽljumèt, -ljə -/名詞 C カルメット, 平和のパイプ (peace pipe ) 〘北米先住民が和解の儀式で吸う 〙.