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† ˈcalion Obs.
Also 5 calioun, 5–6 calyon.
[Of uncertain etymology. Cf. obs. F. caillon ‘a dot, clutter, clot, or congealed lumpe of flegme, bloud, etc.’ (Cotgr.), app. f. cailler to coagulate, curdle, clot (:—L. coagulāre).]
A flint nodule; a boulder or pebble; often collective.
c1459Merlin xx. 329 His horse..ran so swyfte that [?through] the felde that was full of smale caliouns that the fire sparkeled thikke. 1463in Bury Wills 37 If..brykke be not sufficient to endure, lete it be maad with calyoun and moorter. 1499Promp. Parv. 58/2 Calyon..rounde stone, rudus. 1555Fardle Facions i. vi. 101 Criekes..whose entringes thenhabitauntes vse to stoppe vp with great heapes of calion and stones. |