calico bass (kalikobas)

A name of a sunfish, Pomoxys sparoides, of the family Centrar chid a. Also called gra - ba , strawberry - ba , and bar - fish. See crappie. calico-bush (kal'i-ko-bush), n. A common name of the Kalmia latifolia, the mountain lau rel of the United IMG:content-2935.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] calico-printing (kal'i-kō-prin" - ting), n. The art of impre ing de- signs in color up- on cloth. The sim- plest method is the use of engraved wooden blocks, pre ed upon the cloth by hand. A separate block is re- quired for each color. Block-printing has also been effected by means of machinery. For most work a cylinder- pre is used. The pat- terns are engraved up- on the surface of cop- per rollers, and the movement of the cloth is continuous and rapid. The colors used are either substantive or adjective: the for- mer have an affinity for the cloth, and by them dried and folded. selves adhere and form The cloth is unwound from roller 4 and pa es beneath the smooth rollers. receiving an impre ion from each of the two rollers e, e, as it pa es. The roller a runs in journal-boxes which are regu lated by a set-screw & at each end, and a smoothing-roller c, actuated by a sel screw d , holds the cloth against the roller a . The pattern-rollers, 4, 4, are inked by the aprons, 1 which pa over the rollers 1, 1, 1, the outside surfaces of the aprons coming in contact with the surfaces of the rollers g , g , which revolve in the ink-troughs, A , A. After receiving the impre ions from the pattern-rollers, 6, e, the cloth, mm , is led off to be permanent dyes; the latter will not of themselves adhere to the fibers, or, if they do, are not permanent, but require to be fixed by mordants. The various styles of printing are called the bandana, china - bluc, decoloring, discharge, madder, padding, resist style, etc. IMG:content-2936.png:[blocks in formation] ering of all ranks up to centurion. It consisted of a strong sole with projecting nails, having secured to it, in the most usual form, number straps or thongs so disposed as to inclose the foot as high as the ankle, but leaving the toes exposed. 2. A bishop's stocking. See buskin , n., 5. Our English bishops began at an early period to wear these caligæ or episcopal stockings. Rock , Church of our Fathers, ii. 249. caligatet (kal'i-gāt), n. [L. caligatus , booted, caliga , a shoe, a boot.] 1. One wearing stockings.-2. A common soldier; also, a faint-hearted coward. Coles , 1717. caligated (kal'i-ga-ted), a . [L. caligatus , booted, caliga , a boot.] In ornith ., lamini- Having only nine primaries and caligated tarsi, it was an oscine form. P. L. Sclater , Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI. 50. caligation (kal-i-gā'shon), n. [L. caligatio (n-), caligare , pp. caligatus , be in darkne , caligo , darkne : see caligo .] Darkne ; dimne ; cloudine ; specifically, dimne of sight: as, "a caligation or dimne ," Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iii. 18. Caligidæ (ka-lij'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Caligus + -ida .] A family of siphonostomous crusta- ceans, the species of which are ectoparasitic upon fishes. They have a flat body with a shield or buckler-like cephalothorax, and small or reduced abdo- men; a large genital segment, especially in the female; four pairs of biramous pleopods or swimming-feet; and a suctorial mouth with styliform mandibles. The females have long, string-like egg-tubes. The Caligidæ live on the skin and gills of marine fishes. There are a number of genera besides Caligus . Caligides (ka-li-zhed'), n . pl . [F. pl., repr. NL. Caligida , q. v.] In Latreille's system clas- sif i cation, a tribe of his Siphonostoma , or para- sitic crustaceans, approximately equivalent to the modern order Siphonostoma . in allusion to their probing habits.] 1. [l. c.] An old name of sundry small spotted wading birds of Europe, of the family Scolopacida . See Arenaria.-2. A genus of sandpipers (Bri on, caliginosity (ka-lij-i-nos'i-ti), n. [L. as 1760), with the knot, Tringa canutus, as the type.-3. [l. c.] The specific name (Linnæus, Darkne ; dimne . [Rare.] 1766) of the spotted redshank, Totanus calidris , caliginous (ka-lij'i-nus), a. [L. caliginosus , -4. A genus of three-toed sandpipers, includ- caligo ( caligin- ), darkne : see caligo .] Dim; ing only the sanderling, Calidris arenaria . This obscure; dark. Hall i well . [Rare.] is the current meaning of the word, dating back caliginously (ka-lij'i-nus-li), adv . Obscurely. caligo (ka-ligo), n. [L., darkne , dimne , prop. mist, vapor, fog.] 1. Dimne of sight; caligation. Also called achlys .-2. [ cap .] [NL.] A genus of butterflies, of the subfamily Bras- sol inæ. C. eurylochus is the enormous owl-butterfly of South America, sometimes expanding 9 inches. C. uranus is another species with an orange bar acro the wings. caligrapher, cal i graphic, etc. See calligra- pher , etc. caligula (ka-lig'ū-la), n .; pl. caligulæ (-lē). [L. caligula , dim. of caliga , a boot, esp. a soldier's boot: see caliga .] 1. In ornith ., a boot; an ocreate or fused tarsal envelop.-2. [ cap .] [NL.] Agenus of lepidopterous insects. Moore , 1862. Caligus (kal'i-gus), n. [NL., caliga , a boot.] ot.) A genus of parasitic suctorial crusta- ceans, of the group called Epizoa , or fish-lice, having the elongated labium and meta stoma united in a tube which incloses the sharp styli- form mandibles, typical of the family Caligida . C. curt us is a parasite of the cod. calimanco, n. See calamanco . cal in (kā'lin), n. [Sp. cal in = Pg. calim ; of Eastern origin.] A compound metal, of which the Chinese make tea-canisters and the like. The ingredients are, apparently, lead and tin. caliological (kal-i-o-loj'i-kal), a. Relating to caliology (kal-i-ol'ō-ji), n. dwelling, hut, nest (= L. cella , a hut, cham- ber: see cell ), + -λογία, The extraordinary taste and ability many birds display in this matter, as well as the wide range of their habi- tudes, furnishes one of the most delightful departments of ornithology, called caliology . of calabash with sense of carapace , q. v. calipee .] In cookery , that part of a turtle which belongs to the upper shield, consisting of a fatty gelatinous substance of a dull-greenish color, Also spelled callipash . IMG:content-2937.png:[blocks in formation] ter of any cylindrical body, and star - gage or inside calipers for an instrument used for obtaining the interior diameter of the bore of a gun, casing, or jacket. Alcott , Table-Talk, p. 143. Cf. caliper (kal'i-pèr), v. t. [ caliper , n. caliber, v.] To ascertain the diameter of (any cylindrical body) by means of calipers, or by a star-gage: as, to caliper a gun. caliper-gage, -rule, -square. See caliber - gage , IMG:content-2938.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2939.png:[blocks in formation] For now instead of rich sir-loins, we see Green calipash and yellow calipee. calk = Sp. calafatear =Pg. calafetar = It. cal a fat are (ML. cal a fat are , MGr. καλεφατεῖν ), calk a ship: cup at i on? of uncertain (perhaps Ar.) origin.] To drive oakum into the seams of (a ship or other ve el). See calking1 , 1.- Calking-chisel. See chisel . calk2 (kalk), v . t . [Also spelled calque ; =D. kal- keren = G. kalkieren = Dan. kalkere , calquer = It. calcare , calk, calcare , calx ( cale- ), lime: see chalk .] 1. To cover with chalk, as the back of a design, for the purpose of transferring a copy of it.-2. To copy, as a drawing, a map, etc., by tracing. See calking2 . Horseshoe-Calks, a, a. jecting downward from a horseshoe, serving to prevent slipping.-2. A piece of iron with a sharp points worn on the sole or heel of the shoe or boot to prevent slipping on the ice or to make it wear longer: also worn by lumbermen in the woods, and especially on the drive. [U. S.] calk3 (kâk), v. t. [Also written cock; calker2 (ka'ker), n. [Also called calkin , and in the United States calk (see calk3 ); prob. con- nected with calk1 and L. calx , heel. Cf. L. cal- car, a spur.] Same as calk3 . [Eng.] calker3t, n. [ calk4 + -er1.] lates nativities. Nares . calketrapt, n. Same as caltrop . calk i, n. See kalki . calkin (ka'kin), n. One who calcu Same as calk3. [Eng.] On this horse is Arcite Trotting the stones of Athens, which the calkins Did rather tell than trample. Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 4.