In 7 campain. [a. F. campane:—L. campāna bell.]
1. Her. A bell. (Cf. CAMPANY.) Hence Campaned ppl. a., furnished or adorned with bells.
1688. in R. Holme, Armory, III. 461/2. He beareth Argent, a Bell, or a Campain … by the name of Campane.
† 2. A bell-shaped vessel forming the head or upper part of an alembic. Obs.
[1641. French, Distill., ii. (1651), 52. Put to the Water as much of the Spirit of Sulphur Per Campanam, as will give it a pleasant acidity.]
1662. J. Chandler, Van Helmont’s Oriat., 109. By a Campane or glassen Bell.
1670. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Ess., 100. Sulphur burning under a Glass Campane (for the making its Oyl).
