Call, subs. (Eton).—A remission of ABSENCE (q.v.). “It is a CALL,” i.e. “There is no ABSENCE.”
Calling-out, subs. (Charterhouse: obsolete).—See Pulling-out.
Calling-over, subs. (Rugby).—Names-calling.
1856. Hughes, Tom Brown’s School-days, v. The master of the week came down in cap and gown to CALLING-OVER, and the whole school of three hundred boys swept into the big school to answer to their names.
Calton. See you on the Calton, phr. (Royal High School, Edin.).—A challenge to fight. [The Calton Hill lies at the back of the school; it and The Dungeons (q.v.) are the two fighting grounds.]
Calves, subs. (Winchester).—Pronounced Caves. See Halves.
Calx, subs. (Eton).—The goal line at football. [From a Latin sense of CALX = a goal, anciently marked with lime or chalk.] At Eton CALX is a space so marked off at each end of WALL; GOOD CALX is the end at which there is a door for a goal; BAD CALX the end where part of an elm-tree serves the purpose.
1864. Daily Telegraph, Dec. 1. The Collegers were over-weighted ... and the Oppidans managed to get the ball down into their CALX several times.
Campus Martius, subs. (Royal High School, Edin.).—Until recently the name by which the battle-ground in The Dungeons (q.v.) was known; now dying out. Formerly the scene of encounters between different classes.
Canals, The (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—The two ponds in front of the College.