Part 1558

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<h1>Calk</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS <ets>calc</ets> shoe, hoof, L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, hel, <ets>c\'84lcar</ets>, spur.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sharp-pointed piece or iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a nore or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also <altname>calker</altname>, <altname>calkin</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.</def>

<h1>Calk</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; <as>as, to <ex>calk</ex> the shoes of a horse or an ox</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.</def>

<h1>Calker</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calk"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who calks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A calk on a shoe. See <er>Calk</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Calkin</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calk"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A calk on a shoe. See <er>Calk</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Calking</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calk"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.</def>

<cs><col>Calking iron</col>, <cd>a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Their left hand does the <b>calking iron</b> guide. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Call</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Call</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.& p. p.</tt> <er>Called</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. r. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calling</er>]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>callen</ets>, AS. <ets>ceallin</ets>; akin to Icel & Sw. <ets>kalla</ets>, Dan. <ets>kalde</ets>, D. <ets>kallen</ets> to talk, prate, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to speak, sing, Skr. <ets>gar</ets> to praise. Cf. <er>Garrulous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To command or request to come or be present; to summon; <as>as, to <ex>call</ex> a servant</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Call</b> hither Clifford; bid him come amain <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; <as>as, to be <ex>called</ex> to the ministry</as>; sometimes, to invite; <as>as, to <ex>call</ex> a minister to be the pastor of a church</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Paul . . . <b>called</b> to be an apostle <i>Rom. i. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have <b>called</b> them. <i>Acts xiii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with <i>together</i>; <as>as, the President <ex>called</ex> Congress together</as>; to appoint and summon; <as>as, to <ex>call</ex> a meeting of the Board of Aldermen</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Now <b>call</b> we our high court of Parliament. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.</def>

<blockquote>If you would but <b>call</b> me Rosalind. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And God <b>called</b> the light Day, and the darkness he <b>called</b> Night. <i>Gen. i. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.</def>