CALLER, kal'[.e]r, _adj._ fresh: (_Scot._) cool. [Prob. the same as
CALVER.]
CALLET, kal'et, _n._ (_Shak._) a scold, a woman of bad character, a trull.
[Prob. Fr. _caillette_, a frivolous gossip; or prob. the Gael. _caille_,
girl, may be related.]
CALLID, kal'id, _adj._ shrewd.--_n._ CALLID'ITY, shrewdness. [L.
_callidus_, expert.]
CALLIGRAPHY, CALIGRAPHY, kal-lig'ra-fi, _n._ fine penmanship;
characteristic style of writing.--_adjs._ CALLIGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_ns._
CALLIG'RAPHIST, CALLIG'RAPHER. [Gr., _kalos_, beautiful, _graphein_, to
write.]
CALLIOPE, kal-[=i]'o-pe, _n._ the muse of epic poetry: an instrument
producing musical notes by means of steam-whistles, played by a keyboard.
[Gr.]
CALLIPERS. Same as CALIPERS.
CALLISTHENICS, kal-is-then'iks, _n.pl._ exercises for the purpose of
promoting gracefulness as well as strength of body.--_adj._ CALLISTHEN'IC.
[Gr. _kalos_, beautiful, _sthenos_, strength.]
CALLOUS, kal'us, _adj._ hardened: unfeeling or insensible.--_n._
CALLOS'ITY, a hard swelling on the skin.--_adv._ CALL'OUSLY.--_n._
CALL'OUSNESS. [L. _callosus_--_callus_, hard skin.]
CALLOW, kal'[=o], _adj._ not covered with feathers: unfledged, unbearded:
inexperienced: low-lying and liable to be submerged.--_n._ an alluvial
flat. [A.S. _calu_; Ger. _kahl_, L. _calvus_, bald.]
CALLUS, kal'us, _n._ a thickening of the skin: a term employed in old
surgical works for the exuded material by which fractures of bones are
consolidated together. [L.]
CALM, käm, _adj._ still or quiet: serene, tranquil.--_n._ absence of
wind--also in _pl._: repose: serenity of feelings or actions.--_v.t._ to
make calm: to quiet.--_ns._ CALM'ANT, CALM'ATIVE--in medical
language.--_adjs._ CALM'ATIVE, CALM'ANT, CALMED, CALM'Y (_Spens._)--_adv._
CALM'LY.--_n._ CALM'NESS. [Fr. _calme_ (It. _calma_), from Low L.
_cauma_--Gr. _kauma_, noonday heat--_kai-ein_, to burn.]
CALMUCK. See KALMUCK.
CALOMEL, kal'[=o]-mel, _n._ the popular name of one of the compounds of
mercury and chlorine, much used in medicine. [Fr. _calomel_, which Littré
derives from Gr. _kalos_, fair, _melas_, black.]
CALORIC, ka-lor'ik, _n._ heat: the supposed principle or cause of
heat.--_n._ CALORES'CENCE, the transmutation of heat rays into luminous
rays.--_adj._ CALORIF'IC, causing heat: heating.--_ns._ CALORIFIC[=A]'TION;
CALORIM'ETER, an instrument for measuring the specific heat of a body;
CALORIM'ETRY, the art or process of measuring heat; CAL'ORIST, one who held
heat to be a subtle fluid called caloric; CAL'ORY, the usually accepted
thermal unit, being the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature
of a kilogram of water from 0° to 1° centigrade. [Fr. _calorique_, formed
by Lavoisier from L. _calor_, heat.]