came

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It has been suggested that, in all probability, the name came from the Dutch word _beggelin_, to trickle, or run down.

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  1. noun A slender grooved lead bar used to hold together the panes in stained glass or latticework windows.
  2. verb Past tense of come.

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  1. Possibly dialectal kame, ridge; see kame.

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  1. Scots, also kame, kaim; variant of cam, comb, q. v.
  2. Prob. a particular use of came = cam = comb.
 

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