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tecn of N.bonall'r's , fou r days, and H~, he,
'o avoid fr,élions, quadruplcd thr. ~()Iden numb«, and
by that means made a new ' ¡,ele "i fc\\!nty-fix years ;
whidl time beillg cxpircJ, he fuppoled the IUII"ion,
or ch.ngC5 of the muon, wOIII,1 h'ppen on the
dayof Ihe mOIl<lI, ,"d ho"r of Iheday, Ih.. Ih~y \'Iere
on f«'enty-fi x )'ears before.
CALlX. See CAL\'x.
CALlXTI S, in ehureh-hifiorv, a fe,,! of Chrifiians,
in Bohemiaand MUI.via: Ihe'rrineipal point in whieh
they difr"cd from Ihe ehul ch, was the ufe of theeha–
lice. or eOOlmuniealing in both kinds
CAL IXT I ~S, is alfo a name given tO Ihofe, among the
LUlhmns, who follow the of George Ca·
lixtus, aeelebrmd di,ine, who oppored the opinion of
St Augunine, on predefi ination, graee, and free·wil!.
CALKA, a kingJomof Tartary, in Afia, ta Ihe eaa of
Siberia.
CALKING. See CAUL K'NG.
CALKINS, the prominen' p?TISat the ex'tremitics of a
horfe-OlOe, benl downw>rds. and forged 10 a fOTl of
point.
Calkins are apt to make hOlb trip; they alfo oc·
cafion bl)'mes, and ruin the baek finews. lf fafhioned
in fOIm01 a hare's e;tT, anJ Ihe hOl nof a horfe's heel
be pmd a lillle low, they do lilde damage; whereJs
the great fquare " Ikins quite fpoillhe foot.
Calkins are eilh" fingle ur double, th" is. at one
cnd of Ihe fhoe, or at bodl: ,here lan are deemed Ids
hurtful, as the horfe can tre,d more even.
CALL, among hunters, a lellun blown upon the horn,
to comfoTl the hounds .
. CALLS, 1I0/lIrolor.d ar/ijicial, among fowlers, afport
mueh praélifed during the 1V00ing feafon of panridges,
efpecially for taking eoek-partridges ; for \Vhieh they
pUl a hen into a "dge, tO eall and bring themnear.
The hen-partridge OlOuld be fe, near a hedge, in a
thin, open. \l'ire-"g', fo that fhc mal' be fetn at a
;~ood di/lanee : then ,he net, ealled hallicr, fhould be
I'I"ed quite round the cage, eaeh pan about the di·
llanee of tIVenty fcet: the fowb (bould rctire behind
!he hedge. •
ArliJcifll CALtS are befl m,de ofbox, ""Inut-Iree, or
the Jike : ,heyare (ormed of ,he bigntfs of an hen's
<gg, burcd Ihrou¡;h from end 10 end ; abotlt the mido
dk ,hue mua be a hole hollo~'rd within, to ,he boto
10m ; theo have a pipe ~f afwar, 's quill, and the bone
0(' eat's (001, 0pcl\ed at one cnd, whieh mua be con·
,<ved into the hole 3' t~le end, and fo thrua into the
hoíc at ,ite m:Jdle; take aftcru':trds a goofe.quil],
upened at both cnds, ood put it in at the other end of
theca 11 ; blow into thequdl, "ud il IVill make thelike
noife as !l," part,idge-eodt does.
CALLA, in botany, a genus of the gynandria polyan.
dria e1.lfs, The fp.,h" is plain; ,he fpadix is co·
I'ered wilh Oofeules; it has no eorolla; the berry con·
nins mar,y G:eds. There are th"c fpeeill, none of
thtm nJli" es of Bri"in.
CALLAB/.S, a town of Incoflan in Afia, upon the ro,d
fro:l1 Sl:ral to Agra.
CALLAO, a porHowD iD a lil:le iJlaod on th~ eaan of
Perll, ;n South Amerita, oppofite to Li,u. : W. long
76Q, and S. ht. 12°.
CALLEN, a town of Ireland, in the county o( Kdken.
ny, and province of Leiolkr, about ten miles fouth –
wer.ofKilkenny: W. long. 7° 22', and N.I.t. pO
2¡'.
CALLlCIfI;YS, in iehthyolngy, the trivial oame of a
fpeeies of filorus. See S,LU. U 6.
CALLlCO, in eommerc., a kinJ uf linen m,nuf,élure.
rndde o( eOllon, dlletly in the E,a lnolCs, fome of
whieh are p,inted \'Iilh v,rious ROlVers of dilferent eo·
101l1S ; and othelS Iha! are ncver d)'ed, h,,'ing a aripe
of gold and filver quite ,hrough the picee; and at each
end they (¡x a tillue of gold, filver, :tnd filk, intel–
mixed IVith fiowers. ThlS manuf,élure is brought hi–
ther by the E.n·lndia eompany, anJ is re-expuneJ
by merehallts to o:her partS oi Iourope. 1 he genClal
\Vear of flained or printed I"dia callCoes in this n"ion
having beeome a general grievance, and occ,fionlDg
unfpeakable diHrefs upon our OlVOmanufaéiu rers, they
\Vere prohibilld by Ilat. 7 Ceo. l. cap. ,'ii.
CALLlDRYS, in olni,hojogy, Ihe ITIvial n' me of a
frectes ofmot:lciIlJ. S<e MOTACI LLA.
CALLlFORN[A, ,Iarge countr)' of the Wen Indies,
Iying bet\Veen 1160 and 1380 W. long, ar.d between
23 ° .nd ~6° N. lat. lt IS uneenaio whether it be a
peninfula or an iOand.
CALLlGONUM, in botany. a genus of the polyandria
digynia clafs. TheCalix has fi'e lems ; the pmlsare
four; it has twu ayli; and Ihe eaplule is divided inlO
two pa"itions, each eontaining t\Vo feeds. There;,
but on~ fpeeies, vi:, the polygono:des, a oative of
mount Ararat.
C.'\LLlGR.\PHUS, in antiqllit y, a copin or fcriviner,
who tranlcriocd, in afa" hand, \Vh" the notaries had
takendown in nutes, Ul minutes, b~ing_ generaJly in a
kind of cl'ph<r or OloTl·hand, \Vhieh, as they were In
that hand, being unJer/lood by f<IV, WCI e copi,J Ovel
f.tir and at lenglh by perfons who had a good hand,
for fale, &c. /
CALLlNG /h~ hou;, in the Britifh padiament, is the
ealIing over the IOembers names, every one anf\Vtring
to bis own, and going ou' of the houfe, in ,h. ordel
in \V1,ieh he is called: tbis the)' do, in order 10 dif·
eo,'er IVhether there bea. y pelfon, there nOI returned
by the clerk of Ih< erown; 01 if any member be abfeol
wi,hollt ItaI'e of ,he houfe,
CIILUO YMUS, in ichthyology, a genus of fithes be–
longing 10 the order of jugulares. The upper lip is
doublcd IIp; the eyes are rery neal eaeh other; the
OI'_ lIlbranc of Ihe gills has fix radii; the opereulum is
OIUt ; ,he body is naked.; and the belly·fins are al a
great di/lanee Irom,"eh other. There are three fpu.
eies of eallionymus, VI: . l. The I)'ra, ,,,th the mIl
bone of the bdCk-finas long as the hody of the animal,
and aeirrhus at the anus. li is of the AtIJr.tie. 2.
Th~ draeunellhll, \Vith tite firll bone of th~ back-fio
filOrter ,han its body; whieh isof a fponed )'<lIo\\' o–
lour. lt (requents Ihe fholes 01' Geno.t anJ Rome.
3. The indieus, has a fllloolh heaJ ",ith lon~itll,linal
wrinkles j the lower jaw is allltle .Iungn thaa tI:e up·
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