CPage 20
- English Word Caligraphic Definition See Calligraphic.
- English Word Caligraphy Definition See Caligraphy.
- English Word Calin Definition An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.
- English Word Calipash Definition A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.
- English Word Calipee Definition A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.
- English Word Calipers Definition An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses.
- English Word Caliph Definition Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.
- English Word Caliphate Definition The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.
- English Word Calippic Definition Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
- English Word Calisaya bark Definition A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.
- English Word Calistheneum Definition A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.
- English Word Calisthenics Definition The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.
- English Word Calisthenis Definition Of or pertaining to calisthenics.
- English Word Caliver Definition An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.
- English Word Calix Definition A cup. See Calyx.
- English Word Calk Definition 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.
- English Word Calk Definition 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.
- English Word Calk Definition To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
- English Word Calk Definition 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.
- English Word Calk Definition An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
- English Word Calk Definition To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
- English Word Calk Definition To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.
- English Word Calked Definition of Calk
- English Word Calker Definition One who calks.
- English Word Calker Definition A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
- English Word Calkin Definition A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
- English Word Calking Definition of Calk
- English Word Calking Definition The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.
- English Word Call Definition To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
- English Word Call Definition 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.