calcagiumt (kalkajium)

[ML. (after OF. cauciage ), calappoid (ka-lap'oid), a. and n. I. a. Per-calcanea, n. Plural of calcaneum , taining to or having the characters of the Ca- calcaneal (kal-kānē-al), a . [ calcaneum + lappida . II. n. A calappian or calappid. cal a sci one, cola sci one (kä-, kō-lä-shiō'ne), n. [It.] A musical instrument of lower Italy, of the lute or guitar family, having two catgut strings tuned a fifth apart, and played with a plectrum. It is said to be closely similar to the very ancient Egyptian nofre or nefer. calash (ka-lash'), п. [Also formerly calesh , caleche , calèche = Sp. calesa = It. cale e , cale o , kalesche , kale e , koleska = Pol. kolaska = Ru . kolyaska , a calash, dim. of Bohem. kolesa = Pol. kolas a , a calash (cf. OBulg. kolesinitsa = Ru . kolesnitsa , a car, chariot; Bohem. koleso = Ru . koleso , a wheel), kolo = Pol. kolo (barred 1), a wheel.] 1. A light carriage with low wheels, IMG:content-2921.png:[blocks in formation] An old calash , belonging to the abbe , lined with green Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vii. 21. frieze, was ordered to be drawn intistas Sha such a carriage. Specifically called a calash - top. -3t. A hood in the form of a calash-top worn by women in the eighteenth century and until about 1810. It was very large and full, to cover the head-dre es of the period, and was made on a framework ders, or raised, by pulling a ribbon, to cover the head and of light hoops, capable of being folded back on the shoulproject well over the face. Similar hoods had been worn at earlier times, but the reintroduction under this name appears to date from 1765. Mrs. Bute's eyes flashed out at her from under her black calash . Thackeray , Vanity Fair.