Callimanco

Same as CALAMANCO, (q. v.) Call'ing, n. The act of inviting, summoning, or naming; as, the calling of a division-list. -Employment; occupation; vocation; as, every man to his calling. "I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd." - Pope. -Busine ; trade; profe ion; cla of persons engaged in the same employment or occupation. "It may be a caution not to impose celibacy on whole callings." Hammond. -Divine vocation; invitation, summons, or impulse towards religion. "St. Peter was ignorant of the calling of the Gentiles."- Hake will . Cal'linger, a strong fortre of Hindostan, in the presidency of Bengal. It is built of stone, on the top of a mountain, 1,200 feet above the neighboring plains. It was captured by the British in 1812. Lat. 24° 58′ N., Lon. 80° 25′ Е. Call in'icus, an ancient architect, B. at Helio polis, Egypt, who invented the Greek fire, and communicated his secret to the emperor Const an tine Pogonat, who is said to have made use of it to burn the Saracen fleet at Cyzicus in 670. A. D. Calli'nus, an orator of Ephesus, who flourished about the 6th cent. B. c. He is said to have invented elegiac poetry. Calliope. [Gr., from calos , beautiful, and ops , opos , a voice.] ( Myth .) The first of the Muses, who presided over epic poetry, or over poetry in general. She was said to be the mother of Orpheus, of the Sirens, . She was usually represented as a young girl, with majestic appearance, crowned with laurel, holding in one hand a trumpet, and in the other an epic poem. (Astron.) The 45th asteroid, discovered by Hind in 1852. Cal'liope, in Iowa, a village, cap. of Sioux co., on the Sioux River, 36 m. N. by W. of Sioux City.