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<p><b>4.</b> <def>A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.</def>

<blockquote>Dependence is a perpetual <b>call</b> upon hummanity. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Running into danger without any <b>call</b> of duty. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A divine vocation or summons.</def>

<blockquote>St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a <b>call</b> to it, when he persecuted the Christians. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Vocation; employment. <note>[In this sense, <i>calling</i> is generally used.]</note></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A short visit; <as>as, to make a <ex>call</ex> on a neighbor</as>; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.</def>

<blockquote>The baker's punctual <b>call</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <def>A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Fowling)</fld> <def>The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Amer. Land Law)</fld> <def>A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant reguiring or calling for a carresponding object, etc., on the land.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.</def> <mark>[Brokers' Cant]</mark>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>See <er>Assessment</er>, 4.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>At call</col>, &or; <col>On call</col></mcol>, <cd>liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit.</cd> -- <col>Call bird</col>, <cd>a bird taught to allure others into a snare.</cd> -- <col>Call boy</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy.</cd> -- <col>Call note</col>, <cd>the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artifically applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. <i>Latham</i>.</cd> -- <col>Call of the house</col> <fld>(Legislative Bodies)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Call to the bar</col>, <cd>admission to practice in the courts.</cd></cs>

<h1>Calla</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Linn\'91us derived <ets>Calla</ets> fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a cock's wattes but cf. L. <ets>calla</ets>, <ets>calsa</ets>, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ beautiful.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, of the order <i>Arace\'91</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; The common <i>Calla</i> of cultivation is <spn>Richardia Africana</spn>, 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.</note>

<h1>Callat</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"lat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Callet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>callat</b> of boundless tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Calle</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Caul</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of head covering; a caul.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Caller</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Call"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who calls.</def>

<h1>Caller</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cool; refreshing; fresh; <as>as, a <ex>caller</ex> day; the <ex>caller</ex> air.</as></def>