Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Calligraphy

Cal‐lig″ra‐phy, n. [Gr. �����������: cf. F. calligraphie.] Fair or elegant penmanship.

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Calling

Call″ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.Th...

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Calliope

Cal‐li″o‐pe (kăl‐lī″ō̍‐pē̍), n. [L. Calliope, Gr. Καλλιόπη, lit, the beautiful-voiced; pref. καλλι- (from καλόσ beautiful) + ὄψ, οπὄσ, voice.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse that pr...

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Calliopsis

‖Cal′li‐op″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. καλλι- (fr. καλόσ beautiful) + ὄψισ appearance.] (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C....

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Callipash

Cal′li‐pash″ (�), n. See Calipash.

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Callipee

Cal′li‐pee″ (�), n. See Calipee.

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Callipers

Cal′li‐pers (�), n. pl. See Calipers.

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Callisection

Cal′li‐sec″tion (?), n. [L. callere to be insensible + E. section.] Painless vivisection; — opposed to sentisection. B. G. Wilder.

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Callisthenic

{ Cal′lis‐then″ic, a., Cal′lis‐then″ics (?), n. } See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.

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Callithump

Cal″li‐thump′ (?), n. A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.

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Callithumpian

Cal′li‐thump″i‐an (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.

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Callosan

Cal‐lo″san (?), a.(Anat.) Of the callosum.

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Callose

Cal″lose (?), a. [See Callous.] (Bot.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.

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Callosity

Cal‐los″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Callosities (#). [L. callasitas; cf. F. calosté.] A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, ep...

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Callosum

‖Cal‐lo″sum (?), n. [NL., fr. callosus callous, hard.] (Anat.) The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

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Callot

Cal″lot (?), n. A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.

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Callous

Cal″lous (?), a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.] 1. Hardened; indurated. “A callous hand.” Goldsmith. “A callous ulcer.” Dunglison....

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Callow

Cal″low (?), a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.An in the leafy summit, spied ...

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Callow (2)

Cal‐low″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A kind of duck. See Old squaw.

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Callus

Cal″lus (kăl″lŭs), n. [L. See Callous.] 1. (Med.) (a) Same as Callosity. (b) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at...

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Calm

Calm (käm), n. [OE. calme, F. calme, fr. It. or Sp. calma (cf. Pg. calma heat), prob. fr. LL. cauma heat, fr. Gr. καυ̑μα burning heat, fr. καίειν to burn; either because during ...

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Calm (2)

Calm, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Calmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calming.] [Cf. F. calmer. See Calm, n.] 1. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.To calm...

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Calm (3)

Calm (käm), a. [Compar.Calmer (–ẽr); superl.Calmest (–ĕst)] 1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. “Calm was the day.” Spenser.N...

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Calmer

Calm″er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes calm.

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Calmly

Calm″ly (?), adv. In a calm manner.The gentle stream which calmly flows.Denham.

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Calmness

Calm″ness, n. The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.The gentle calmness of the flood.Denham.Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power.E. ...

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Calmucks

Cal″mucks (?), n. pl.; sing.Calmuck. A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. [Written als...