Part 1554

<hw>Cal"en*ture</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Hath fed on pageants floating through the air Or <b>calentures</b> in depths of limpid flood. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Calescence</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Ca*les"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calescens</ets>, <ets>p</ets>.<ets>pr</ets>. <ets>of calescere</ets>, incho. of <ets>calere</ets> to be warm.]</ety> <def>Growing warmth; increasing heat.</def>

<h1>Calf</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Calf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Calves</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>calf</ets>, <ets>kelf</ets>, AS. <ets>cealf</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kalf</ets>, G. <ets>kalb</ets>, Icel. <ets>k\'belfr</ets>, Sw. <ets>kalf</ets>, Dan. <ets>kalv</ets>, Goth. <ets>kalb\'d3</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>garbha</ets> fetus, young, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, Skr <ets>grabh</ets> to seize, conceive, Ir. <ets>colpa</ets>, <ets>colpach</ets>, a calf. \'fb222.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; <as>as, to bind books in <ex>calf</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Some silly, doting, brainless <b>calf</b>. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A small island near a larger; <as>as, the <ex>Calf</ex> of Man</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.</def>

<i>Kane.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>k\'belfi</ets>.]</ety> <def>The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.</def>

<cs><col>Calf's-foot jelly</col>, <cd>jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Calfskin</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Calf"skin`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.</def>

<h1>Cali</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Ca"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Hindoo Myth.)</fld> <def>The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kali</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Caliber, Calibre</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw><hw>Cal"i*ber</hw>, <hw>Cal"ibre</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>calibre</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>qualibra</ets> of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. <ets>q\'belib</ets> model, mold. Cf. <er>Calipers</er>, <er>Calivere</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gunnery)</fld> <def>The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; <as>as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 <ex>caliber</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>caliber</b> of empty tubes. <i>Reid.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A battery composed of three guns of small <b>caliber</b>. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The <i>caliber</i> of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch <i>caliber</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<cs><col>Caliber compasses</col>. <cd>See <er>Calipers</er>.</cd> -- <col>Caliber rule</col>, <cd>a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely.</cd> -- <col>A ship's caliber</col>, <cd>the weight of her armament.</cd></cs>