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Definition of Calumet
1. Noun. A highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace).
Definition of Calumet
1. n. 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.
Definition of Calumet
1. Noun. A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calumet
1. a ceremonial pipe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calumet
Literary usage of Calumet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Settler in Pioneer Wisconsin: The Letters of Edwin Bottomley by Edwin Bottomley (1903)
"I think it was not until the year 1840, that calumet county was first set ...
Previous to that time, what now constitutes calumet, was recognized as a part ..."
2. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"Generally Called calumet—Not au Indian Word—Not Strictly an Appropriate Term —A
Norman French Word—Its Signification—Description of the Pipe of Peace- Its ..."
3. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"AC Lane1 has examined some pebbles in the calumet conglomerate and finds that
... ANALYSES OF calumet CONGLOMERATE I 11 III SiO2 52.83 31.42 36.75 Fe2O3 ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"Mine-water Neutralizing Plant at calumet Mine* BY LD TRACY,! ... The calumet mine
is situated in Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pa., ..."
5. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America by Emmanuel Domenech (1860)
"When two rival powers are reconciled, before they separate they perform together
the calumet dance of Peace. The chief lends for the occasion the hereditary ..."
6. The Origin of the North American Indians: With a Faithful Description of by McIntosh, John (1844)
"Sometimes, instead of a calumet, they set up a fighting. club. But if it concerns
only a single alliance, they represent two men joining one hand and ..."
7. The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus; and the Origin of the by John McIntosh (1836)
"When the dance of the calumet ‘is intended, as it generally is, to conclude a
peace, or a treaty of alliance against a corn. men enemy, they grave a serpent ..."
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