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‖ ˈcallum Obs. [L. callum.] = callus n.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 599 Callum that in Elmes leves borne is. a1640Jackson Creed x. xlii. Wks. IX. 499 Frequent calcitration against the edge of this fiery sword breeds a callum or complete hardness. 1646Fuller Wounded Consc. (1841) 281 That callum, schirrus, or incrustation, drawn over it [the conscience] by nature, and hardened by custom in sin. |