An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CALLOUR, CALLER, CAULER, adj.
1. Cool, refreshing; "a callour day," a cool day, S.
Douglas.
2. Fresh, not in a state of putridity, S., as callour meat, callour fish, &c.
Bellenden.
3. Having the plump and rosy appearance of health, as opposed to a sickly look, S. Isl. kalldur, frigidus.

CALOO, CALLOW, CALAW, s. The pintail duck, Anas acuta, Linn. Orkn.
Barry.

CALSAY, s. Causeway, street.
Acts Ja. VI.

CALSHIE, CALSHAGH, adj. Crabbed, ill humoured, S.
Morison.

Isl. kals-a, irridere, kalzug-ur, derisor.

CALMES, CAUMS, s. pl.
1. A mould, a frame, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. The small cords through which the warp is passed in the loom, S., synon. [heddles].
3. In the caulms, in the state of being framed or modelled, metaph.
Baillie.

Germ. quem-en, quadrare; Su.G. bequaem, Belg. bequaam, fit, meet.

CALSUTER'D, adj. Apparently for calfuter'd, caulked.
Chron. S. Poet.

Fr. calfeutrer, Dan. kalfatre, to caulk.

CALVER, s. A cow with calf, S.