What does calamistrate mean?
Calamistrate means (obsolete, rare) To curl (the hair)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(obsolete, rare) To curl (the hair)..
Which belike makes our Venetian ladies at this day to counterfeit yellow hair so much, great women to calamistrate and curl it up […], to adorn their heads with spangles, pearls, and made flowers […].
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Calamistrate means (obsolete, rare) To curl (the hair)..
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Which belike makes our Venetian ladies at this day to counterfeit yellow hair so much, great women to calamistrate and curl it up […], to adorn their heads with spangles, pearls, and made flowers […].
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