Chapter Caliban to Calumet of Peace of C by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Calmar, son of Matha, lord of Lara (in Connaught). He is represented as presumptuous, rash, and overbearing, but gallant and generous. The very opposite of the temperate Connal, who advises caution and forethought. Calmar hurries Cuthullin into action, which ends in defeat. Connal comforts the general in his distress.—Ossian: Fingal, i.

Calpe, Gibraltar. The two pillars of Herculês are Calpê and Abyla.

She her thundering navy leads
To Calpe.
   —Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.

Calthon, brother of Colmar, sons of Rathmor chief of Clutha (the Clyde). The father was murdered in his halls by Dunthalmo lord of Teutha (the Tweed), and the two boys were brought up by the murderer in his own house, and accompanied him in his wars. As they grew in years, Dunthalmo fancied he perceived in their looks a something which excited his suspicions, so he shut them up in two separate dark caves on the banks of the Tweed. Colmal, daughter of Dunthalmo, dressed as a young warrior, liberated Calthon, and fled with him to Morven, to crave aid in behalf of the captive Colmar. Accordingly, Fingal sent his son Ossian with 300 men to effect his liberation. When Dunthalmo heard of the approach of this army, he put Colmar to death. Calthon, mourning for his brother, was captured, and bound to an oak; but at daybreak Ossian slew Dunthalmo, cut the thongs of Calthon, gave him to Colmal, and they lived happily in the halls of Teutha.—Ossian: Calthon and Colmal.

Calumet of Peace. The bowl of this pipe is made of a soft red stone easily hollowed out, the stem of cane or some light wood, painted with divers colours, and decorated with the heads, tails, and feathers of birds. When Indians enter into an alliance or solemn engagement, they smoke the calumet together. When war is the subject, the whole pipe and all its ornaments are deep red.—Major Rogers: Account of North America. (See Red Pipe.)
A-calumeting, a-courting. In the daytime any act of gallantry would be deemed indecorous by the American Indians; but after sunset, the young lover goes a-calumeting. He, in fact, lights his pipe, and, entering the cabin of his well-beloved, presents it to her. If the lady extinguishes it, she accepts his addresses; but if she suffers it to burn on, she rejects them, and the gentleman retires.—Ashe: Travels.