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.
Calla
(Cal"la) n. [Linnæus derived Calla fr. Gr. a cock's wattles but cf. L. calla, calsa, name of an unknown
plant, and Gr. kalo`s beautiful.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceæ.
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.
Callat
(Cal"lat) n. Same as Callet. [Obs.]
A callat of boundless tongue.
Shak.
Calle
(Calle) n. [See Caul.] A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Caller
(Call"er) n. One who calls.
Caller
(||Cal"ler) a. [Scot.]
1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson.
2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
Callet
(Cal"let) n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.] A trull or prostitute; a scold or
gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]
Callet
(Cal"let) v. i. To rail or scold. [Obs.] Brathwait.
Callid
(Cal"lid) a. [L. callidus, fr. callere to be thick-skinned, to be hardened, to be practiced, fr. callum,
callus, callous skin, callosity, callousness.] Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.]
Callidity
(Cal*lid"i*ty) n. [L. calliditas.] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]
Her eagly-eyed callidity.
C. Smart.
Calligrapher
(Cal*lig"ra*pher) n. One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
Calligraphic
(Cal`li*graph"ic Cal`li*graph"ic*al) a., [Gr. pref. - (fr. beautiful) + to write; cf. F. calligraphique.]
Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
Excellence in the calligraphic act.
T. Warton.
Calligraphist
(Cal*lig"ra*phist) n. A calligrapher
Calligraphy
(Cal*lig"ra*phy), n. [Gr. : cf. F. calligraphie.] Fair or elegant penmanship.
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.
The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment.
Macaulay.
