Part 1557

<h1>Calipers</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*pers</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from <ets>caliber</ets>.]</ety> <def>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 <altname>caliper compasses</altname>, or <altname>caliber compasses</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Caliper square</col>, <cd>a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. <i>Knight<i>.</cd> -- <col>Vernier calipers</col>. <cd>See <er>Vernier</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Caliph</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Ca"liph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>caliphe</ets>, <ets>califfe</ets>, F. <ets>calife</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>califa</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>khal\'c6fan</ets> successor, fr. <ets>khalafa</ets> to succed.]</ety> <def>Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey,</def> <altsp>[Writting also <asp>calif</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Caliphate</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*phate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>califat</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.</def>

<h1>Calippic</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Ca*lip"pic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.</def>

<cs><col>Calippic period</col>, <cd>a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.</cd></cs>

<h1>Calisaya bark</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal`i*sa"ya bark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the <i>Cinchona Calisaya</i>, and other closely related species.</def>

<h1>Calistheneum</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal`is*the"ne*um</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.</def>

<h1>Calisthenis</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal`is*then"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ beautiful + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ strength.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to calisthenics.</def>

<h1>Calisthenics</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal`is*then"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.</def>

<h1>Caliver</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>caliber</ets>.]</ety> <def>An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Calix</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Ca"lix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A cup. See <er>Calyx</er>.</def>

<h1>Calk</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Calk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. &p. p.</tt> <er>Calked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Either corrupted fr. F. <ets>calfater</ets> (cf. Pg. <ets>calafetar</ets>, Sp. <ets>calafetear</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>qalafa</ets> to fill up crevices with the fibers of palm tree or moss; or fr. OE. <ets>cauken</ets> to tred, through the French fr. L. <ets>calcare</ets>, fr. <ets>calx</ets> heel. Cf. <er>Calk</er> to copy, <ets>Inculcate</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Calk</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Calk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[E.<ets>calquer</ets> to trace, It. <ets>caicare</ets> to trace, to trample, fr. L. <ets>calcare</ets> to trample, fr. <ets>calx</ets> heel. Cf. <er>Calcarate</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Writting also <asp>calque</asp>]</altsp>