Part 1563

<h1>Callithumpian</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal`li*thump"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Callosan</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal*lo"san</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of the callosum.</def>

<h1>Callose</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"lose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Callous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.</def>

<h1>Callosity</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal*los"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Callosities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>callasitas</ets>; cf. F. <ets>calost\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.</def>

<h1>Callosum</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal*lo"sum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>callosus</ets> callous, hard.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See <cref>corpus callosum</cref>, under <er>Carpus</er>.</def>

<h1>Callot</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plant coif or skullcap. Same as <er>Calotte</er>.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Callous</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>callosus</ets> callous hard, fr. <ets>callum</ets>, <ets>callus</ets>, callous skin: cf. F. <ets>calleux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Hardenes; indurated.</def> "A <i>callous</i> hand." <i>Goldsmith</i>. "A <i>callous</i> ulcer." <i>Dunglison</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.</def> "The <i>callous</i> diplomatist."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<blockquote>It is an immense blessing to be perfectly <b>callous</b> to ridicule. <i>T. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See <er>Obdurate</er>.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cal"lous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Cal"lous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>A <b>callousness</b> and numbness of soul. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Callow</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>calewe</ets>, <ets>calu</ets>, bald, AS. <ets>calu</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kaal</ets>, OHG. <ets>chalo</ets>, G. <ets>Kuhl</ets>; cf. L. <ets>calvus</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.</def>

<blockquote>An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the <b>callow</b> young, a sparrow pressed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Immature; boyish; "green"; <as>as, a <ex>callow</ex> youth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I perceive by this, thou art but a <b>callow</b> maid. <i>Old Play .</i></blockquote>

<h1>Callow</h1> <Xpage=205>