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a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Writting also calque]

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak.

A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

de, accompanied with the blowing of tin horus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.]

To make calm; to render still or quet, as elements; as, to calm the winds. To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. Dryden.

ot of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in med…

A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.

The pasque flower. Drayton.

A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

d (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology.

as a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.canary.

ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.] Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

ulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. Hoyle.

A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

ers from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

he peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay.…