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omputes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke.

call to the bar, to admit to practice in courts of law. -- To call up. (a) To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend. (b) To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body.

A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.

fense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name. The calumniation of her principal counselors. Bacon.

(Cookery) A slice or piece of bread fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, etc., are served.

taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.]

ortion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet.

Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. Bacon.

of one. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]

apacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability. A capability to take a thousand views of a subject. H. Taylor.

Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. "A capacious mind." Watts.

A leap or caper, as in dancing. "With lofty turns and caprioles." Sir J. Davies.

The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] Bouvier.

e obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

conduct which is of a pubic character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.

A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.

ay or reject; to disregard. [R.] Connections formed for interest, and endeared By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper. They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words. Sowth.

made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift.

Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.