Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 7
Calkin (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
Compare: Calk
Calk (n.) 馬蹄防滑刺；鞋底防滑尖鐵 A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin.
Calk (n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
Calk (n.) Same as caulk[2], n.
Calkin (n.) 馬蹄鐵上防滑之尖鐵；鞋底防滑刺鐵 A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping [syn: calk, calkin].
Calking (n.) 填隙；calk的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.
Calking iron, A tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
Their left hand does the calking iron guide. -- Dryden.
Calk (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Calked; p. pr. & vb. n. Calking.] 填隙；加尖鐵；在馬蹄上加防滑刺 To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch.
Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
Called (imp. & p. p.) of Call.
Calling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Call.
Call (v. t.) （大聲）叫喊，呼叫 [（+out）]；呼喚；召喚；召集 [O1] [O2] To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain -- Shak.
Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
Paul . . . called to be an apostle -- Rom. i. 1.
The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. -- Acts xiii. 2.
Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
Now call we our high court of Parliament. -- Shak.
Call (v. t.) To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
If you would but call me Rosalind. -- Shak.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. -- Gen. i. 5.
Call (v. t.) To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. -- Acts x. 15.
Call (v. t.) To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
[The] army is called seven hundred thousand men. -- Brougham.
Call (v. t.) To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.]
This speech calls him Spaniard. -- Beau. & Fl.
Call (v. t.) To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. -- Gay.
Call (v. t.) To invoke; to appeal to.
I call God for a witness. -- 2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ]
Call (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
If thou canst awake by four o' the clock.
I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. -- Shak.
To call a bond, To give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid.
To call a party (Law), To cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him.
To call back, To revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back.
To call down, To pray for, as blessing or curses.
To call forth, To bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind.
To call in, To collect; as, to call in debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as, to call in uncurrent coin.
To call in, To summon to one's side; to invite to come together; as, to call in neighbors.
To call (any one) names, To apply contemptuous names (to any one).
To call off, To summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment.
To call out. To summon to fight; to challenge.
To call out. To summon into service; as, to call out the militia.
To call over, To recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names.
To call to account, To demand explanation of.
To call to mind, To recollect; to revive in memory.
To call to order, To request to come to order; as:
To call to order, A public meeting, when opening it for business.
To call to order, A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate.
To call to the bar, To admit to practice in courts of law.
To call up. To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend.
To call up. To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body.
Syn: To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate.
Usage: To Call, Convoke, Summon. Call is the generic term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a witness.
Call (v. i.) （大聲）叫喊，呼叫；打電話 To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
You must call to the nurse. -- Shak.
The angel of God called to Hagar. -- Gen. xxi. 17.
Call (v. i.) To make a demand, requirement, or request.
They called for rooms, and he showed them one. -- Bunyan.
Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.
He ordered her to call at the house once a week. -- Temple.
To call for, To demand; to require; as, a crime calls for punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes.
To call for, To give an order for; to request. "Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale." -- Marryat.
To call on, To call upon, To make a short visit to; as, call on a friend.
To call on, To call upon, To appeal to; to invite; to request earnestly; as, to call upon a person to make a speech.
To call on, To call upon, To solicit payment, or make a demand, of a debt.
To call on, To call upon, To invoke or play to; to worship; as, to call upon God.
To call out, To call or utter loudly; to brawl.
Call (n.) [C] 呼叫，喊叫；鳴，啼；要求，請求[（+for）] The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. "Call of the trumpet." -- Shak.
I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. -- Milton.
Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.
Call (n.) (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Call (n.) A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity. -- Addison.
Running into danger without any call of duty. -- Macaulay.
Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.
St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. -- Locke.
Call (n.) Vocation; employment.
Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.]
Call (n.) A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
The baker's punctual call. -- Cowper.
Call (n.) (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
Call (n.) (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
Call (n.) (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
Call (n.) (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
Call (n.) The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant]
Call (n.) See Assessment, 4.
At call, or On call, Liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit.
Call bird, A bird taught to allure others into a snare.
Call boy, A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc.
Call boy, A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy.
Call note, The note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. -- Latham.
Call of the house (Legislative Bodies), A calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named.
Call to the bar, Admission to practice in the courts.
Call (n.) A telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" [syn: call, phone call, telephone call].
Call (n.) A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call".
Call (n.) A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the
audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation].
Call (n.) A demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call, claim].
Call (n.) The characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" [syn: birdcall, call, birdsong, song].
Call (n.) A brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence".
Call (n.) A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement [syn: margin call, call].
Call (n.) A demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call".
Call (n.) A request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips".
Call (n.) An instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed".
Call (n.) A visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer".
Call (n.) (Sports) The decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call".
Call (n.) The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date [syn: call option, call] [ant: put, put option].
Call (v.) Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: name, call].
Call (v.) Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful".
Call (v.) Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring].
Call (v.) Utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall].
Call (v.) Order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" [syn: call, send for].
Call (v.) Pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call].
Call (v.) Call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week".
Call (v.) Read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll".
Call (v.) Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling."
Call (v.) Utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another."
Call (v.) Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game".
Call (v.) Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" [syn: address, call].
Call (v.) Make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow."
Call (v.) Demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" [syn: call, call in].
Call (v.) Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" [syn: bid, call].
Call (v.) Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance [syn: call, call off].
Call (v.) Indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate."
Call (v.) Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise].
Call (v.) Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond".
Call (v.) Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that".
Call (v.) Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out."
Call (v.) Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks."
Call (v.) Order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday."
Call (v.) Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty".
Call (v.) Utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids."
Call (v.) Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact."
Call (v.) Consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful."
Call (v.) Rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning."
Call, () To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to "call upon the name of the Lord" (Acts 2:21; 7:59; 9:14; Rom. 10:12; 1 Cor. 1:2).
Call, () God calls with respect to men when he designates them to some special office (Ex. 31:2; Isa. 22:20; Acts 13:2), and when he invites them to accept his offered grace (Matt. 9:13; 11:28; 22:4).
In the message of the gospel his call is addressed to all men, to Jews and Gentiles alike (Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15; Rom. 9:24, 25). But this universal call is not inseparably connected with salvation, although it leaves all to whom it comes inexcusable if they reject it (John 3:14-19; Matt. 22:14).
An effectual call is something more than the outward message of the Word of God to men. It is internal, and is the result of the enlightening and sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit (John 16:14; Acts 26: 18; John 6:44), effectually drawing men to Christ, and disposing and enabling them to receive the truth (John 6:45; Acts 16:14; Eph. 1:17).
Calla (n.) [植] 水芋；（荷蘭）海芋；馬蹄蓮 A genus of plants, of the order Araceae.
Note: The common Calla of cultivation is Richardia Africana, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers.
Calla (n.) South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix [syn: calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica].
Calla (n.) Water arum [syn: Calla, genus Calla].
Compare: Callet
Callet (n.) A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]
Callet (v. i.) To rail or scold. [Obs.] -- Brathwait.
Callat (n.) Same as Callet. [Obs.]
A callat of boundless tongue. -- Shak.
Calle (n.) A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Caller (n.) [C] 訪問者，探望者；呼叫者；鳴叫物 One who calls.
Caller (a.) Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. -- Jamieson.
Caller (a.) Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
Caller (a.) Providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'".
Caller (a.) Fresh; "caller fish".
Caller (n.) A social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company" [syn: caller, company].
Caller (n.) An investor who buys a call option.
Caller (n.) The bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands.
Caller (n.) A person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing" [syn: caller, caller-out].
Caller (n.) Someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner".
Caller (n.) The person who convenes a meeting; "who is the caller of this meeting?"
Caller (n.) The person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone" [syn: caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner].
Callet (n.) A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]
Callet (v. i.) To rail or scold. [Obs.] -- Brathwait.
Callid (a.) Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.]
Callidity (n.) Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]
Her eagly-eyed callidity. -- C. Smart.
Calligrapher (n.) One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
Calligrapher (n.) Someone skilled in penmanship [syn: calligrapher, calligraphist].
Calligraphic (a.) Alt. of Calligraphical.
Calligraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
Excellence in the calligraphic act. -- T. Warton.
Calligraphic (a.) 書法的 Of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy [syn: calligraphic, calligraphical].
Calligraphist (n.) 書法家 A calligrapher.
Calligraphist (n.) Someone skilled in penmanship [syn: calligrapher, calligraphist].
Calligraphy (n.) Fair or elegant penmanship.
Calligraphy (n.) 書法；筆跡 Beautiful handwriting [syn: calligraphy, penmanship, chirography].
Calling (n.) The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.
Calling (n.) A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. -- Macaulay.
Calling (n.) A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. -- 2 Tim. i. 9.
Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. -- 2 Pet. i. 10.
Calling (n.) A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.
Calling (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
The humble calling of ter female parent. -- Thackeray.
Calling (n.) The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.
To impose celibacy on wholy callings. -- Hammond.
Calling (n.) Title; appellation; name. [Obs.]
I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. -- Shak.
Syn: Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation.
Calling (n.) The particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: career, calling, vocation].
Calliope (n.) (Class. Myth.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
Calliope (n.) (Astron.) One of the asteroids. See Solar.
Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.
Calliope (n.) (Zool.) A beautiful species of humming bird ({Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.
Calliope (n.) (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry.
Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard [syn: calliope, steam organ].
Calliopsis (n.) (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas.
Calliopsis (n.) North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis [syn: calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria].
Callipash (n.) See Calipash.
Callipee (n.) See Calipee.
Callipers (n. pl.) See Calipers.
Callisection (n.) Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. -- B. G. Wilder.
Callisthenic (n.) Alt. of Callisthenics.
Callisthenics (n.) See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
Callithump (n.) （美國東北部之）喧鬧的慶祝 A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.] [Also spelled callathump.]
Callithump (n.) A noisy boisterous parade [syn: callithump, callathump, callithump parade].
Callithump (n.) A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling].
Callithumpian (a.) 喧鬧慶祝的 Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]
Callithumpian (a.) Of or relating to a callithump.
Callithumpian (n.) 喧鬧的慶祝 A noisy concert, characterized by beating of tin pans, blowing of horns, shouts, groans, catcalls, etc.: usually given as a serenade to persons who have excited local ridicule or hostility; a charivari.
Callithumpian (n.) One who takes part in such a concert.
Callosan (a.) (Anat.) Of the callosum.
Callose (a.) (Bot.) 有硬塊的 Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Callosities (n. pl. ) of Callosity.
Callosity (n.) 皮膚硬化，胼胝；無感覺；無情 A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
Callosity (n.) An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callosity, callus].
Callosity (n.) Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn: unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility].
Callosum (n.) (Anat.) 胼胝體 The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
Callot (n.) A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. -- B. Jonson.
Calotte, Callot, (n.) 無緣便帽；【建】小圓頂 A close cap without visor or brim. Especially:
Calotte, Callot, (n.) (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.
Calotte, Callot, (n.) (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets.
Calotte, Callot, (n.) (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.
To assume the calotte, To become a priest.
Callous (a.) Hardened; indurated. "A callous hand." -- Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." -- Dunglison.
Callous (a.) Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." -- Macaulay.
It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. -- T. Arnold.
Syn: Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. -- Cal"lous*ly, adv.
A callousness and numbness of soul. -- Bentley.
Callous (a.) 硬結的，起老繭的；無感覺的；麻木不仁的，冷酷無情的 Emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous].
Callous (a.) Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands" [syn: calloused, callous, thickened].
Callous (v.) Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise].
Callous (a.) Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend."
Callow (n.) (Zool.) A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
Callow (a.) 羽毛未生的；乳臭未乾的；年輕缺乏經驗的 Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. -- Dryden.
Compare: Unfledged
Unfledged (a.) 羽毛未豐的；未充分發達的；未成熟的；幼小的Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. -- Dryden.
Unfledged (a.) (Of birds) Not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" [syn: unfledged, immature] [ant: fledged, mature].
Unfledged (a.) (Of an arrow) Not equipped with feathers; "shot an unfledged arrow" [syn: unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned].
Unfledged (a.) Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" [syn: fledgling, unfledged, callow].
Callow (a.) Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.
I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. -- Old Play [1675].
Callow (a.) Immature; lacking adult perception, experience, or judgment. Callow is from Old English calu, "featherless, bald."
Callow (a.) Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" [syn: fledgling, unfledged, callow].
Callus (n.) (Med.) Same as Callosity.
Compare: Callosity
Callosity (n.) (pl. -ities)皮膚硬化，胼胝；無感覺A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
Callosity (n.) An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callosity, callus].
Callosity (n.) Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn: unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility].
Callus (n.) (Med.) 老繭；假骨質 The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
Callus (n.) (Hort.) 【植】癒合組織 The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
Callus (n.) An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callosity, callus].
Callus (n.) Bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone.
Callus (n.) (Botany) An isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid.
Callus (v.) (v. i.) 結硬皮，生老繭；結痂 (v. t.) 使生繭（或變硬）；使（傷口等）結痂 Cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet".
Callus (v.) Form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused."
Calm (n.) [S] [U] 安靜；鎮定；平靜；無風 Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. -- Mark. iv. 39.
A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. -- South.
Calmed (imp. & p. p.) of Calm.
Calming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calm.
Calm (v. i.) 鎮定下來；平靜下來 To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. -- Dryden.
Calm (v. i.) To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
Passions which seem somewhat calmed. -- Atterbury.
Syn: To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize; soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain.
Calm (a.) 鎮靜的，沉著的；無風（浪）的；平靜的 Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. -- Bryant.
Calm (a.) Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. "Calm and sinless peace." --Milton. "With calm attention." -- Pope.
Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. -- Keble.
Syn: Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene; composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid.
Calm (a.) Not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil].
Calm (a.) (Of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas" [ant: stormy].
Calm (n.) Steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure].
Calm (n.) Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale [syn: calm air, calm].
Calm (v. t.) 使鎮定；使平靜 Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on].
Calm (v.) Make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm].
Calm (v.) Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again." [syn: calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it].
Calm (v.) Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate].
Calmer (n.) One who, or that which, makes calm.
Calmly (adv.) In a calm manner.
The gentle stream which calmly flows. -- Denham.
Calmly (adv.) With self-possession (especially in times of stress); "he spoke calmly to the rioting students."
Calmly (adv.) In a sedate manner [syn: sedately, calmly].
Calmness (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. Everett.
Syn: Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose; composure; sedateness; placidity.
Calmness (n.) Steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure].
Calmness (n.) An absence of strong winds or rain.
Calmness (n.) A feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement [ant: agitation].
Calmucks (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. [Written also Kalmucks.]
Calmy (n.) Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [Poet.] "A still and calmy day" -- Spenser.
Compare: Aquila
Aquila (n.; pl. Aquil[ae].) [L., an eagle.] (Zool.) A genus of eagles.
Aquila (n.; pl. Aquil[ae].) (Astron.) 【天】鷲座；亞桂拉（義大利中部一城市） A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Compare: Constellation
Constellation (n.) 星座；星座區域 [C]；薈萃；群集 [C] [（+of）]；（占星學中的）星宿 [C]；【心】情意叢A cluster or group of fixed stars, or division of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.
The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. -- Sir J. Herschel.
Note: In each of the constellations now recognized by astronomers (about 90 in number) the brightest stars, both named and unnamed, are designated nearly in the order of brilliancy by the letters of the Greek alphabet; as, [alpha] Tauri (Aldebaran) is the first star of Taurus, [gamma] Orionis (Bellatrix) is the third star of Orion.
Constellation (n.) An assemblage of splendors or excellences.
The constellations of genius had already begun to show itself . . . which was to shed a glory over the meridian and close of Philip's reign. -- Prescott.
Constellation (n.) Fortune; fate; destiny. [Obs.]
It is constellation, which causeth all that a man doeth. -- Gower.
Constellation (n.) An arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" [syn: configuration, constellation].
Constellation (n.) A configuration of stars as seen from the earth
Constellation, () A cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the "Great Bear," the "Bull," etc.) for the sake of classification and of memory. In Isa. 13:10, where this word only occurs, it is the rendering of the Hebrew _kesil_, i.e., "fool." This was the Hebrew name of the constellation Orion (Job 9:9; 38:31), a constellation which represented Nimrod, the symbol of folly and impiety. The word some interpret by "the giant" in this place, "some heaven-daring rebel who was chained to the sky for his impiety."
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], An alchemical name of calomel. -- Brande & C.
Calomel (n.) (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.
Calomel (n.) A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic [syn: calomel, mercurous chloride].
Calorescence (n.) (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. -- Tyndall.
Caloric (n.) (Physics) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.
Caloric expands all bodies. -- Henry.
Caloric (a.) Of or pertaining to caloric.
Caloric engine, A kind of engine operated by heated air.
Caloricity (n.) (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.
Caloriduct (n.) A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
Calorie (n.) (Physics) [C] 卡，卡路里，小卡（熱量單位）；（常大寫）卡，卡路里，大卡（熱量單位，等於1000小卡） The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.
Calorie (n.) A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food [syn: Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie].
Calorie (n.) Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure [syn: calorie, gram calorie, small calorie].
Calorifacient (a.) (Physiol.) See Calorificient.
Compare: Calorificient
Calorificient (a.) (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
Calorifacient (a.) 產熱的；生熱的 Producing heat; usually used of foods; "calorifacient chili peppers."
Calorifere (n.) [機] 加熱器；發熱器,；熱風爐 An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.