call 
demanding and receiving (a) a certain number 
of shares of some particular stock, at a speri- 
fied price anil within a stated period, or (b) 
the difference of value at the time of making; 
the domain I over that specified in the contract, 
if the price lias risen; uence, the document it 
Belf. Thu following is a copy of the form commonly u-< d 
"New York, (date). For value rei -ruiM. the hraivr m:i\ i ;ill 
(ill me for [so luilliyl shares of tlir C'IMIIIIIIII >tirk of |slirh 
and such a) Uailroad Company, at |so mm-li] JH-I- cent, any 
time within |-n m:ui\ ] <la\^ limn ilalr, 1 IK In :HVI I- h 
liil.-il tn all dividend! or axtn iliviii. ml-, declared dm in;: 
tin- time. i:\piivs [ilntel at 1J P. M." 
16f. Authority; command. 
Oh ! sir, I wish he were within my call or yours. 
.>'iV J. Dfnliam. 
17. Occasion; cause; business; necessity: as, 
you had no cull to be there. [Colloq.] 
They had no wish to fait away from Ciesar and his Km 
Itire; but they felt no ^rmt oatt to tight for them. 
/..'. .-1. l''i-i'<'tnan, Amer. l,ects., i. 120. 
18. A short visit: as, to make a call; to pay 
one a call. 
Evidently the morning call is n remote sequence of that 
system nniler which a subordinate ruler hau from time to 
time to show loyalty to a chief ruler by presenting him- 
self to do homage. //. Sprneer, Prill, of Sociol., 381. 
19. In i>oker, a demand for a show-down ; the 
show-down itself. 20. A brood of wild ducks. 
Halliwcll At call, without previous notice; on de- 
mand: applied especially to loans repayable on demand, 
or bank.deposits repayable whenever asked for. At 
one's beck and call. See beck*. Call of the house, 
a mil-call in a parliamentary Inxly, for the purpose of as- 
certaining what ineml>enj are absent without leave or just 
cause. In thf House of Representatives at Washington it 
may he made at any time ; in the British House of Com- 
mons it is always on some days' notice. Call to the bar, 
In England anil Ireland, the formal admission of a person 
to the rank of barrister. Electric call, a signal operated 
by electricity; an annunciator or call-bell. House of 
call. Sec how. Money on call, money loaned subject 
to recall at any moment. See catl-lntm. Port of call. 
see i*,rt. - Puts and calls. See put, . Within call, 
within hearing-distance. 
I saw a lady within call. Tennyton, Fair Women. 
call' 2 t (k&l), An obsolete spelling of caul 1 . 
calla (kal'S), N. [NL. (Linnaeus), < L. calla. 
otherwise falsa or calya, the name in Pliny of 
an unidentified plant; the correct reading is 
supposed to be "calyx, < Or. KO/.VS, the cup or 
calyx of a flower : see calyx.] 1. [cap.'] A ge- 
nus of araceous plants, of a single species, ( '. 
palustris, the water-arum, which occurs in cold 
marshes in Europe and North America, it has 
heart-shaped leaves from a creeping root-stock, an open 
white spathe, and red berries. Its root is extremely acrid, 
but is made harmless by heat, and yields an eatable 
starch. 
2. A plant of the genus Calla. 3. A plant of 
the allied genus Richardia, or, according to the 
latest authorities, Zantedeschia : the common 
calla of house-cultivation. It is often errone- 
ously called calla-lili/, from the lily-like appear- 
ance of its pure-white flowers. 
Callaas (ka-le'as), n. [NL. (J. R. Forster, 
1788), in reference to the wattles, < Or. naA%aiov, 
a cock's comb, pi. wattles.] The typical genus 
of tree-crows of the subfamily Callwatinff, in- 
cluding the wattled tree-crows of New Zealand. 
C. einerea, the leading species, is of a dark color, alioiit 
the size of a magpie, with a long, graduated tail, and ca- 
runcles at the base of the hill. 
Callaeatinae (ka-le-a-ti'ne), M. pi. [NL. (G. E. 
Gray, 1K41), < Callaias (-at-) + -ine.] A subfam- 
ily of osoine passerine birds, of the family (';//- 
(he, the tree-crows of Asia, the East Indies, Aus- 
tralia, and Polynesia. Besides Calltfaf, the leading 
forms arc xtriitltiitna cinerea of Australia; Crypsirhina 
oarianjf. the temia or henteot of Java, of a bronzed green- 
ish-black color ; and Temnitru* (or Dtndrncitta) caqabiin- 
da, the wandering pie of India. There are several other 
species of these genera. Certain African forms, as Cryj>- 
tiirhiiui n frn, are also sometimes included in this group. 
the general relationships of which are with the magpies 
and other long-tailed jays. Also called Glaucopina. 
callaeatine (ka-le'a-tin), a. Pertaining to or 
having the characters of the Ciillmitintr. 
callsesthetics, . Sec <-nii,xtiirtics, 
callainite (ka-la'mt), n. [< Or. na)Mivof, oust- 
n-. like the i/v, Mi/<m;, a turquoise, + -iti'-. 
Cf. calaitf.] A hydrous aluminium phosphate 
related to turquoise. 
callant(kal'iuit), . [Al*ocall(iii,O8c.gaI<iiul, a 
young man, ? F. iinlmit. a gallant: eev uiillaitt.] 
A young lad; a stripling; a boy. [Scotch.] 
Ye're a daft eallanl, and I must correct you some of 
these days. >v<>", Waverley, liocl. 
callatt, . and r. See onlli-t. 
call-bell (kal'bel), . A small (usually station- 
ary) bell, used as a signal to summon an at- 
tendant, et<-. A common form consists of a stationan 
hand-bell which is ruiii; by means of a dapper pivoted at 
one end. and acted on by means of a vertical plunger. 
Also called Mi-call. Electric call-bell, a mechanical 
Tt',7 
eoiitrivnni ' . < "ii-i-iiie.: essentially of a gong-hell and a 
small cle. tiomaanct, to the armature of which the ham 
in- rof the IM-H is attached. The arrangement Is such that 
when l In ,in mi is completed, as by pressing down a but- 
ton, the current passes by a spring to the armature, them c 
calligraphic 
K. Imli ' . q. v.] The Brut element in some words 
of lip-ek <>ririn, signifying beautiful. 
Calliaenas (kal-i-4'naB), n. Same M Calmuu. 
Calliandra (knl-i-nn'dra), n. [< Or. KOJJJ-, xa- 
)6f, beautiful, + in'i/i> (aifS/i-), a man, mod. a sta- 
men, the long colored stamens being the most 
conspicuous part of the flower.] A genus of 
ornamental shrubs and perennial herbs, of the 
order /,/// m//i.w. comprising; alMiut sn spec-ie-. 
natives of tropical America and northward to 
the borders of the United States. Several of 
the species yield an astringent juice. 
Callianira (kal'i-a-ni'rft), n. [NL., < Gr. *aMi-, 
'if, beautiful, -r -avetpa (as in avriAvetpa, flu- 
Electric Call-bell. 
A. push-button by which the circuit is completed ; fl. hammer and 
gong ; C, spring by which contact is made between the armature of 
the electromagnet and the wire. 
to the electromagnet; its core la magnetized, the arma- 
ture is attracted, and the hammer strikes the gong. The 
circuit being broken by the motion of the armature away 
from the spring, the electromagnet ceases to act, the 
armature flies back, completes the circuit again, and thus 
the automatic action of the hammer continues as long as 
the current passes. 
call-bird (kal'berd). n. A bird taught to allure 
others into a snare ; a decoy-bird. Goldsmith. 
call-box (kal'boks), n. In a theater, a frame. 
usually hung in a greenroom, in which calls or 
notices to attend rehearsals, etc., are placed. 
call-boy (kal'boi), H. 1. A boy whose duty it 
is to call actors upon the stage at the proper 
moment. 2. A boy who repeats the orders of 
the captain of a steamboat to the engineer. 
[Eng.] 3. A boy who answers a call-bell. 
call-button (karbufn), n. A push-button or 
other device for closing an electric signal or 
a telephone circuit, and ringing a call-bell or 
sounding an alarm. 
call-changes (kal'chan'jez), . )>l. In bell-rina- 
intj, the method in which the ringers are told 
when to ring by a call from the conductor, or 
by following a written order. 
caller 1 (ka'ler), n. [< coin + -erl.] One who 
calls, in any sense of the verb; especially, one 
who pays a short complimentary visit. 
caller 2 (kal'er), a. [Prob. due to Icel. kaWr = 
Sw. kail, cold: see cold. Cf. calrer.] 1. Cool; 
refreshing: as, a caller breeze. [Scotch.] 
Sae sweet his voice, sae smooth his tongue, 
II is breath's like rnlier air. 
Bfattif, There's nae Luck about the House. 
dang awa, bairn, and take a mouthful of the caller air. 
Scott, Monastery, II. 85. 
2. Fresh; in proper season : applied chiefly to 
fish : as, caller herrings. [Scotch.] 
callesthetics (kal-es-thet'iks), . [< call- for 
ealti- (< Gr. K//./-, Ka/rif, beautiful) + esthetics.] 
A term proposed by Whewell for esthetics, the 
science of the perception of the beautiful, the 
term esthetics to be extended to perception in 
general. Kraitth, Vocab. Phil. Also spelled 
callett (kal'et), . [Also written callat, callot ; 
< F. caillettt; a frivolous babbling woman, dim. 
of eaille, a quail: see quail?.] 1. A tattling or 
talkative woman ; a scold ; a gossip. 
Come hither, you old if, you tattling huswife. 
2. A trull; a drab; a lewd woman. 
He call'd her whore ; a heggar, In his drink, 
Could not have laid such terms upon his rallrt. 
Shot., Othello, iv. 2. 
callett (kal'et), r. i. [< eallet, n.] To rail ; 
scold. 
To hear her In her spleen 
i'iiii,i like a butUT-qucnn. 
R. Bralhtraite, Care's Cure, in Pancdoiie. 
calleting (kal'et-ing). p. a. Scolding: as, a 
cnllctiiHj wife. [North. Eng.] 
calley-stone (kal'i-ston), . [< 'calleu, prob. 
connected with ealluird, + stone.] In coal- 
miiiiiiii. a kind of hard sandstone, more or less 
argillaceous. See ganister. [Yorkshire, Eng.] 
calli, a. Plural of c<itlii.. 
calli-. [< Gr. /.<i>/<-, usual combining form (later 
Ka/n-: see </<>-) of j/<>f, beautiful, fair, good, 
noble, orig. "ra>y<ic, = Skt. kalyti, well, healthy ; 
perhaps = AS. full, K. irhuli, q. v., = Icel. hcill, 
kiiii, , - - , u- 
rt&vetpa, etc.), < avt/p, a man.] 1. The typical 
genus of the family L'atlianiriaa: I'eron and 
texueur, 1810. 2. A genus of lepidopteroug 
insects. Hubner. 1816. 
Callianirid (kali-a-nir'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < 
t'lilliiinirti + -idtr.] A family of saccate or 
stenostomatous ctenophoraus, with a rounded 
body, two filiform tentacles, and no oral lobes. 
calliard (kal'iftrd), n. [Cf. calley-stone ; per- 
haps connected with F. caillou, a flint, pebble, 
prob. < L. calculus, a pebble: see calculus.] In 
coal-mining, a hard, smooth, flinty gritetone. 
(Iresley. [North. Eng.] 
Callicarpa (kal-i-kar'pft), n. [NL., < Gr. uOJi-, 
na/Af, beautiful, + Kaptrbc,, fruit.] A consider- 
able genus of widely distributed verbenaceous 
shrubs. The hest-known species is C. Americana, of the 
I idled states, called French tntilbern/, cultivated for orna- 
ment on account of its abundant violet-colored berries. 
Callicephalus (kal-i-sef'a-lus), n. See Callo- 
ceiihalon. 
Callichroma (kal-i-kro'ma), n. FNL., < Gr. o>- 
).t-, ita'/of, beautiful, + XP^f'j color.] A genus 
of longicorn beetles, of the family Cerambycidte, 
having an acute scutellum, lateral prothoracic 
spines, and fore-coxal cavities closed behind. 
C. iiuachata Is a large bronzed green European species 
about an inch long, exhaling a musky odor ; C. tvltndi- 
dum is a bronzed reddish species of the southern United 
States. Also Colachroma. 
callichthyid (ka-lik'thi-id), n. A fish of the 
family ('nllichtliyidie. 
Callichthyidae (kal-ik-thi'i-de), . pi. [NL., < 
Callichthus + -iaa-.] A family of nematogna- 
t lions fishes, exemplified by the genus Cauich- 
thys, containing small fresh-water South Amer- 
ican catfishes. 
Callichthys (ka-lik'this), n. [NL., < Gr. M^X- 
Wtf, name of a fish, < na'Ji-, xa/6f, beautiful, + ij- 
i'ii: a fish.] A genus of nematognathous fishes, 
of the family ffilurida, or sheat-fishes, or made 
the type of Callichthyidte, characterized by two 
series of bony plates on the sides from head to 
tail. The species are Sonth American. 
callicof, n. See calico. 
callid (kal'id), a. [< L. callidus, expert, shrewd, 
< callere, be expert, know by experience, lit. 
be callous, < calluni, also callus, hard, thick 
skin: see callous, callus.] Skilled; expert; 
shrewd. [Rare.] 
callidity (ka-lid'i-ti), n. [< L. callidita(t-)s,< cal- 
lidus: see callid.} Skill; discernment; shrewd- 
ness. Also callidness. [Rare.] 
Her eagle-eyed calliility. C. Smart, The liop-Garden. 
Callidium (ka-lid'i-nm), n. [NL., < Gr. uMj-, 
na/Ac, beautiful, + dim. term. -Mow. ] A genus of 
longicorn bee- 
tles, of the fam- 
ily Cerambijci- 
dtf, containing 
species of flat- 
tened form with 
spineless pro- 
thorax and ely- 
tra, usually 
thickened fem- 
ora, and eyes 
not embracing 
the base of the 
antenna, c. baju- 
/tut and C. antenna- 
turn are examples. 
Ha lame Infest fir 
trees, causing oval 
perforations where 
the mature inserts 
make their escape. 
callidness (kal'id-nes), M. Same as callidity. 
calligrapher (ka-lig'ra-fer), n. [< ctilliijrnphy + 
-eri.^ One skilled in calligraphy. Also spelled 
ealiqrapher. Ictillii/rapher. 
calligraphic (kai-i-graf'ik), a. [< Or. o<- 
i*6f,, < Ko)Myp6joc, : see r//iV/r/i/i.] Relat- 
r pertaining to calligraphy. Also spelled 
ic, kalligraphie. 
CflHdium a*lr*m*t*m. 
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