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[Obs.]
Chaucer.


Call"er (?), n. One who
calls.


||Cal"ler (?), a. [Scot.]
1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a
caller day; the caller air.

Jamieson.


2. Fresh; in good condition; as,
caller berrings.


Cal"let (?), n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael.
caile a country woman, strumpet.] A trull or
prostitute; a scold or gossip.
[Obs.] [Written also
callat.]


Cal"let v. i. To rail or
scold.
[Obs.] Brathwait.


Cal"lid (?), a. [L.
callidus, fr. callere to be thick-skinned, to be
hardened, to be practiced, fr. callum, callus,
callous skin, callosity, callousness.] Characterized by
cunning or shrewdness; crafty.
[R.]


Cal*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L.
calliditas.] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness;
shrewdness.
[R.]


Her eagly-eyed callidity.

C. Smart.


Cal*lig"ra*pher (?), n. One
skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.


{ Cal`li*graph"ic (?), Cal`li*graph"ic*al
(?), } a.


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