Part 1568

<h1>Calumnious</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lum"ni*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calumniosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; <as>as, <ex>calumnious</ex> reports</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Virtue itself 'scapes not <b>calumnious</b> strokes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>. Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.<syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Calumny</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"um*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Calumnies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>calumnia</ets>, fr. <ets>calvi</ets> to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. <ets>calomnie</ets>. Cf. <er>Challenge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.</def> "Infamouse <i>calumnies</i>."

<i>Motley.</i>

<blockquote>Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape <b>calumny</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Calvaria</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal*va"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Calvary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.</def>

<h1>Calvary</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"va*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calvaria</ets> a bare skull, fr. <ets>calva</ets> the scalp without hair. fr. <ets>calvus</ets> bald; cf. F. <ets>calvaire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.</def>

<i>Luke xxiii. 33.</i>

<note>&hand; The Latin <i>calvaria</i> is a translation of the Greek <?/ of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew <i>Golgotha</i>.</note>

<i>Dr. W. Smith.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called <i>cross calvary</i>.</def>

<h1>Calve</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Calved</er> 3; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>cealfian</ets>. See <er>Calf</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring forth a calf.</def> "Their cow <i>calveth</i>."

<i>Job xxi. 10.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring forth young; to produce offspring.</def>

<blockquote>Canst thou mark when the hinds do <b>calve</b>? <i>Job xxxix. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The grassy clods now <b>calved</b>. <i>Molton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Calver</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For a change, leave <b>calvered</b> salmon and eat sprats. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To crimp; <as>as, <ex>calvered</ex> salmon</as>.</def>