CALENDS

Among the Romans tne first day of every month, being spoken of by It· self, or the very day of the new moon, which usually happen together. And if pri'die, the day befdre, be added to lt, then it is the last day of the foregolrig month, as pridie calend. Septem,b. is the last day of August. If any number be placed with it, it signifies that day in the former month which comes so much, before the month named, as the tenth calends of October is the 20th day of September; for lf one reckons backwards, beginning at Oct~ ber, that 20th day of September makes the 10th day before. Odober. In March, May, July, and October, the ea.lends begin at_ the sixteenth day, but in other months at the fourteenth; which calends must ev·er bear the name of the month following, and be numbered backwards from the first day of the said following months. Jacob. See Rives,-. Guthrie, 46 N. C. 87. OALENDS, GREEK, A metaphortcal expre ion for a time never llkely to arrive. CALL,""- 1. In English law. The elec- • tion o_f students to the degree of barrlst.ei' at [s. 168]