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9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used
by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to
duty.

10. (Fowling) 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.

11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference
to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter
of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a
corresponding object, etc., on the land.

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

13. See Assessment, 4.

At call, or On
call, liable to be demanded at any moment without
previous notice; as money on deposit. -- Call
bird, a bird taught to allure others into a
snare. -- Call boy (a)
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. (b) A waiting boy who answers a
cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy.


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