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A

1.

pcr ooe; the tno)!'le is obtufe

~n,1

emarginated ; the

:'pmllrt·, ,.f tlle gllls

al'~

large: il is o( a

li.id

eolour,

and the

.""S

is iJl die middle of the budy.

Ir

is a na·

tive uf ,llia.

C.\LLISTEA, ioGreeiao

anti~uily,

a Lelbian (eOi,·,I,

whercio the women prcfeOled Ihem(dves in Junn's

"o'ple, aod the prize w.s alhgoed 10 the ¡""ell.

There was ,nother o( Ihe(e eoolenlioos al the (dliv.1

o( Celcs Ekufinia, among dIe Porrhafi,ns, ,nd '00·

Iher amoog ,he Eledns, where the 111011 b<aulI(ul OIao

was prefeotcd with a complete fuit u( armour, whieh

he eoo(eemed

10

Mioel'l'a, to who(e temple he walk·

eel io proedhoo, bciog aecoOlp,oied WilA his (rieods,

who adoroed him with ribIJands, aod erowlled h,m

wilh , g.rland o( III)'rtle.

CALLOSUM

CO/'Pll/,

io aoaromy. See p 285. e.2 .

CALLUS, or CALLO S' TY, io, geoeral fen(e, anyeu·

taoeous, eorneous, or olfeous hardoefs, .. he!her oa·

lural or pretero'lural: but 01011 (requend y it meaos

,he eallus generated about the edges of a (r.llure, pro·

vided by oature

10

pr&m the (raélured bones, or di·

"idecl pans, io the fituatioo io whieh Ihey ate rtpldetd

by the furgeon.

CAL

M,

io the fca lao&uage, is when there is 00

,~iod

ílirriog. .

Tb" trad of fea. 10 the nor:hward o( the equa'or,

hetweeo

aod ' 0° .of I.,ituoe, Iyiog belw<co the me·

ridiaoso( Cape

V

crde, ,lid o( the eallelllloll iOaoJ o(

that oame, feems tO be a place eonoemned

tu

perpetual

ealms: the liule wiods tha! are being ooly fome Cud·

den uoeenaia gulls o( very fmall eootiou:tnee. aod lefs

extenl. The Adantic oee,n, oear the equator, is

very much Cubjeél, o'y, always anended "ith thcfe

calms.

CALMAR, the capital of the provioee o( Gothlaod. io

Sweden, litoated 00 the eo,(I o( Ihe·Bahie fea, about

Cl

1

rty mib oonh of Carelferoon: E. loog 16°, anJ

N. lal. ,6°

40"

CALIIJUCKS, eertaio wanderiog tri.bes or hords o(Tar.

tars, iohabitiog the eouotry oorth o( the e.rpian

b ,

uoder tite proleélioo o( Rullia

CALNE, a borough·lolVo o( W¡ltfhire,

~bouI

tlVeoty

miles north o( Sahlbury. whieh fcods tlVO membcrs tO

p,rliameot:

W.

loog.

2°,

aod

N.

IAI. 5'

°

30'.

CALOGEIU. io ehureh.hiaory, monks o( Ihe Greek

ehureh. divided i'llo three degrees, the ooviees,

,,11·

ed arehari; the ordinary·pro(elfed, .eallcd miehroehe·

mi; aoe the more per(efl, called megalochemi: they

are likewife divided iotO eceoohilcs,

.oe~.orcls,

aod

rtelufes. The cmoobites arecmployc,1io rceitiog Iheir

o:!iee (rom miuoiAIn tO fno·fet; they are obligcJ

10

make tllICe geonlkxions

al

the cloor

o(

the ehoi r, alld

retumiog.

10

bow tO Ihe .iglll and tO the kft, tOtheir

brethreo. The anehurtls relire from the cooverf.lli"n

o( tlle

VlOrlJ, aod li\'c io hermitages. io tite oeig!>.

bourhood o( ,he mun.tllelics; theyeultivote a hltle

fpot o( Arouod. ao.! ocver go out bUI 00 Snlld.l)'s aod

1",ly·days, tO perform ,heir devo,ior,s at the "cXt

1l1O·

nallery.

A,

for the recln(e, thty fhut Ihemfdves np

in gronos aoJ caveros, 00 the tops o( mouot,ios,

wLich th.)' lIeYcr

CUI "f, abaceoning th=mfclv,s

11

e

A L

eOlir(:: to I'ro,

iJcr.ce

: T hey I,ve 00 I:,e

¡;'",

fUIt

them by the oeighbourioe 1Il6nalleri

p

s.

CALOMEL, or duleified fu"li",ale uf mmu, y, is pre·

patCd in Ihe lolloll'iog maooer. T ake of rOClulive

fi,blimate. ooe pound; puritied qniek [,Ivel', oine

ouoees. Having powdered the (ublimale, add tO it

the quiek.fijvcr, 'lid digea themtoge;her io

~

m.trafs,

with " gcotle faoa heat, uotil the)' unite; tlteo inerea·

(i0ti the heat, let the mi

Kili

re be lublimed. Tite Cub·

1'"lld malter, freed (rom the aerimooious pan at 10p

and fueh mereuri.1globnles as happen

10

appear di·

lIiod io il, is tObe redueed ioto powder, aod Cubli·

Oled aga",; aod this fublimation mua be repeated

fi.~

limes. This dulcified mercury, or calomel, is one of

the beff r" pm tioos (or geoeral ufe. The dofe, (or

raifiog a (altvatioo, is ten Or fiCteeo gtaios, t.keo io

th~

(01'01 o( a bolus, or pilis, cvcry oight

/Ir

o(tener,

till Ihe pty.lifm begios. AS :lo alterant aod di' phole.

tic, it is giveo io dores o( five or lix graios, a purga.

tive being oeqfiooally ioi.rpoletl,

tu

1" event its , fI'cél·

iog the moulh.

It

anfwcrs hOlVevcr mueh bClrer

wheogi,to io fmalla qual\titics, as

~ne,

IIVO, or Ihrfe

gl'4ins

cnry

morniog

aud

t!\'tniog. in

~olljIHI(iion

wltn

lueh fubilanees as determioe its aélioo

10

the Ocio, as

the extraél or rofio of guaieum; the patient at the

fame lime keering

W"'"',

aod

eh

;" kiog fre<iy

úí

warm diluting li'luors. By this methoo oC

oU"Jgin~

it, ohllioate, eutaueous, aod veneral di{lempers h:tve

beeo (ueeeCs(ully. eureo, without aoy remarkablc io·

ereafe o( the fenliblo evaeu,tI;oos.

CALOPIIYLLUM, io bOla0Y. a geoos o( the pol)'aa·

dria monogynia elafs. T he eorolla eonfills o( fi.. pe·

tals ; the " Iix has five tecth; aod the drupa is gll,bu·

lar. There are

~ut

t\Vo (peeies , viz. the inophyllum,

and calaba, both OJti,l'cs uf Iodia.

CALO·ITE. a

e.lp

or coi( o( hair, C"in, or olher {fuI!' :

ao eeeldiallieal· ornJo,"ot in 01011 I'0pifh eouotries.

See CAP.

CA LO TTE, io",ehiteélure, a muod eavi,y or oeprelfure.

io form of. cal' or eop, lathed 2nd plallmd, u(ed to

dimioifh the nfé ór elcvari"o of a Dloderatc eh.tpel, . .

eabio<t, aleove,

&c.

whieh, wllllllut fueh ao expedient,

1V0uld be

t~o

hi,r,h for othor pitm of the apanmcol.

CALPE, the moo",aio,

al

the (oot o( whieh. luwal'Js

tht (ea, Gibraltar flaods. It is hal( a lcague io height

tOlVaros the bod, md

Co

lb 'r,

that Ihere ii 00

.'p.

proaehiog it 00 that fideo

C.~ LQYING,

or OAL·R'NG. a term ufe<l in p,ioling,

(:;c.

whel'e the baekfide o( any defigo is eovmd \Vi:h

a blaek Or reJ eolour, and the arokcs. or lines, tra·

ced through. 00 • 1'I.lxed pl.tle, \Vall, or olher mal·

ter. by palliog' lighdy uver each Oroke

o(

,he ocfiCn

wllh a POiOl, wlllch.leaH'

'0

ilOp.effion

o(

11:. eolonr

00 the

pl.He

01' w.11.

CAL

TrI A,

io botan)', a geous

oC

tl,e

pol~Rndria

p.,ly.

g)'oia ófs.

lt

IIAS

1 0

e,tlix; Ihm are

fivt·

pet.d!;

,nd ,he caplules are muoy. eontainiog a grear olllllhcr

01' feeJs. TI.ere is bllt 00<fpecies, viz. the p.lullris,

or maI'O,·mary¡;old, a nali"e o( Bri"io.

CA1.l'Roo, in bot.tny, the Englith name of ,he tribulus.

See

TR '6 ~LUS.

C.\LVARIA,