callern.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːlə/, U.S.

/ˈkɔlər/,

/ˈkɑlər/

Forms: see call v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: call v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < call v. + -er suffix¹.

I. A person who calls or summons, and related senses.

a. A person who cries aloud, proclaims, or announces; (hence) a person who invokes, summons, or exhorts by calling aloud. Also: an animal which makes its characteristic call. Also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > person

cleper1382

caller1557

hailer1888

society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > invocatory > action of using > one who uses

caller1557

invokera1649

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > herald

beadlec1000

herald1377

caller1580

trumpeter1673

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 25 Evs, voys of a caller.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 46 (MED) He þat askis takis, & to þe callar it sal be opynd.

1534 G. Joye tr. Jeremy Prophete xlviii. f. lxxxvi^v The caller to the grape gatheringe shal nomore trede in the wyne presse.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xx. f. 98 We be bounde to the caller for this also.

1557 Confut. Tyndales Aunswere (new ed.) in Wks. Sir T. More 823/1 Callers vppon the name of God.

1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 960 The caller of the Court was one Cooke of Winchester.

1604 J. Dee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 47 That he is, or hath bin a Conjurer, or Caller, or Invocator of divels.

1613 S. Hieron Baptizing of Eunuch 56 The sight of it is rather a continuall caller vpon him to be faithful to him.

1635 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 98 Item to the caller in the court, 4d.

1760 W. Law Of Justif. by Faith & Wks. 49 Will such a Caller upon the Lord, without good Works, have his sufficient Excuse, by saying [etc.]

1768 Answers H. Rose of Kilravock & A. Mackenzie 14 The legislature did not mean that it should be in the power of the caller of the roll to impose upon the meeting any preses or clerk he thought proper.

1879 Potter's Amer. Monthly Apr. 248/2 Then the clear, incisive voice of the caller rattles off a string of words and figures that no human ear can catch.

1889 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1888 246 As soon as all is ready for the move, the chief gives the word, and the callers summon the people to start on the march.

1902 E. Stratemeyer Under Scott in Mexico (1909) ii. 22 Again the cry reached them, but this time in a gasping voice, as though the caller was fast losing her strength.

1958 Copeia No. 1. 45/2 It was impossible to scale the trees from whence the barking calls originated, and even with binoculars I could not locate the callers.

1961 John o' London's 21 Dec. 682/4 The ‘callers’ would then wander around..picking out a few for employment at 5d an hour.

2002 N. Minhas Chapatti or Chips? xxxii. 352 ‘Kutti,’ a voice rang clear of the rest, ‘kutti kutti kutti.’ Naina swung her head round to locate the caller.

b. Originally U.S. In square or country dancing: a person who announces the steps or figures.

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > caller

caller1855

1855 ‘O. Optic’ In Doors & Out 315 ‘First couple lead up to the right!’ shouted the caller.

1884 Santa Fé New Mexican Rev. 23 Feb. 1/5 I told her I couldn't hear the caller. I was waiting for some man to sing out ‘balance all’, when she said: ‘Why, we don't have any callers here.’

1931 Amer. Speech 7 50 To the ‘fiddlin'’ for the square dances the ‘caller’ sing-songs: All to your places, straighten up your faces, Join eight hands and circle left.

1966 Melody Maker 7 May 18/1 (advt.) Beckenham Ballrooms are interested in commencing a Country Style evening every Tuesday. They need a caller and musicians.

2006 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 14 Dec. 92/4 Ceilidh dance with callers to lead you through the steps.

2010 N.Y. Times 3 Dec. 33/3 As the caller, Mr. Crane let dancers know whether to allemande left or right.

c. A person responsible for summoning people to work at the appointed time; spec. (a) English regional (north-eastern) a person who summons miners to work; (b) U.S. a person who summons railway workers to work. Cf. call boy n. 4. Now rare.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who > specific

knocker-up1861

caller1863

1863 E. Corvan in E. Corvan et al. Choice Coll. Tyneside Songs 61 Ho! marrows, tis the Caller cries.

1863 Med. Times & Gaz. 10 Oct. 385/1 Every man of the fore-shift marks 1 on his door-that is the sign for the caller to wake him at that hour.

1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 72 The caller made his rounds with orders to call the first man he found off duty.

1917 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. 15 Sept. 27 ‘What's th' matter? Ain't you been to bed yet?’ taunted the caller.

1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. viii. 65 Next morning the caller woke him, at two o'clock he was in the pit working the early fore shift.

†2. A person who brings a charge or complaint before a court of law; a complainant, a plaintiff. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > one who requests or petitions

callerc1503

customer1542

entreater1588

importunate1642

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff

cravera1300

actora1325

askera1325

plaintiffa1325

plainer1340

challengera1382

pursuanta1393

follower1397

suer1423

pursuer1430

plainant1437

suitor1454

suit maker1469

complainant1495

plainandc1500

callerc1503

tabler1517

complaintiffc1533

complainer?1542

impleader1583

pledant1599

proceedera1618

querent1720

pulsator1730

demandeur1818

movant1875

rapper1904

c1503 J. Younge Fyancells of Margaret in Leland's De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1770) IV. 288 The King called them before hym, and demaunded them the Cause of ther Difference. The Caller sayd, Syre, he hath taken from me my Lady Paramour.

3. A person who calls people together for a meeting, conference, or other gathering; a person who calls a meeting. Usually with of or possessive, indicating the meeting called.

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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > one who convokes

warner1572

assembler1635

convener1680

convocator1823

caller1841

convocant1850

1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. vi. xii. f. 308 The calling or summoning of councels may be done either by waye of auctoritie, which the caller him selfe hath, or by waye of auctoritie, which he taketh of an other.

1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 114 Emperours, and kings..of themselues are no absolute, and powerfull commanders, and callers of Councels.

1691 R. Baxter Against Revolt to Foreign Jurisdict. xix. 281 Emperors were the ordinary Callers of the General Councils, and not the Presidents or Pope.

1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 246 Letting the callers of the meeting have their way.

1878 Christian Union 16 Oct. 302/1 A convention to discuss, but not to debate, the Second Coming of Christ convenes in the church of the Holy Trinity... Its callers include representative men from all evangelical denominations.

1904 J. F. Finerty Ireland I. iii. iii. 204 They met there accordingly, headed by the caller of the gathering.

1927 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 15 July 24/3 It is for the Japanese and Americans, especially the latter, as callers of the conference, to suggest something.

2003 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 4 Apr. 84 Farooq claimed that as the caller of the meeting he had a right to decide where it would be held.

4. Hunting.

a. A hunter who sounds a call in order to attract an animal. Also: a decoy bird used to attract other birds with its call. North American in later use.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird

stalec1440

stall?a1500

chanterelle1601

staling1601

gig1621

fetcha1640

call bird1686

caller1725

stool1825

playbird1878

brace-bird1885

jacky-bird1897

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > shout of huntsmen > person

caller1776

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Lark The Way of taking Larks is with Nets..the Callers are set upon the Ground.

1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxvii. 128 The caller applies two of his fingers to his lips, and sucking them..produces a squeaking sound.

1866 W. R. King Sportsman & Naturalist in Canada iii. 52 The caller..retires, with a reserve gun, to the rear of the sportsman.

1892 Forest & Stream 7 July 4/1 Personally I know three Indians who are first-rate callers and good still-hunters.

1920 Outing Nov. 67/2 Old Susie, my best caller, was riding the waves as best she could..; occasionally letting out her hoarse quacks.

1966 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 22 Nov. b2 The caller began his work just as it was beginning to be daylight, and the big gobblers stuck their ugly heads high in the air and answered.

2007 B. Lovett Hunting Pressured Turkeys 176 He and the caller were ecstatic because it had been a classic hunt.

b. North American. A whistle or other instrument used by hunters to imitate the sound of a particular animal, esp. a bird; = call n. 2b.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > calls

quail-pipea1425

call1607

quail call1614

bird call1621

lark call1791

caller1845

yelper1884

turkey-yelper1895

1845 Weekly Nashville (Tennessee) Union 30 Apr. When Hassell got to him, Durard was dead, holding his turkey caller in his hand.

1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer i. 107 The small bone from the wing of the turkey makes a very good caller.

1901 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 88 390 The callers were made exactly according to sample furnished by the defendant.

1978 Field & Stream June 86/2 You can buy fancy wooden callers like it, but the bottle sounds just as good to me.

2003 M. D. Johnson Successful Small Game Hunting iii. 42/2 Our $1.98 Goodwill caller worked. Boy, howdy, did it work.

5. A person who pays a call on another; a visitor.bogus caller, gentleman caller, morning-caller, personal caller, etc.: see the first element.

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society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun]

resorter1533

comer1576

visitor1576

visiter1592

visitant1601

caller1786

visitress1827

visiting fireman1926

1786 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) III. i. 39 Making him keep off all callers, by telling them I am dressing for the Queen.

1812 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) I. 296 We have had a flow of forenoon callers.

1865 London Rev. 23 Dec. 662/1 The most successful caller, i.e. the caller who finds no one at home.

1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 5/2 With what presumptuous swiftness he had changed himself from an occasional caller into an almost ever-present one!

1966 L. Braun Cat who could read Backwards viii. 91 I don't want her running home..and putting on a sharp outfit to receive callers.

1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) iv. 246/4 A peephole door viewer enables you to identify callers before admitting them.

6. Poker. A player who matches the bet of another player in order to remain in play, or (esp. in earlier use) in order to get other players to show their hands to determine who has the best cards. See call v. 20c.

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1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 181 Should a player call an opponent, both parties must show their hands, the caller last, and the best poker hand wins.

1887 J. W. Keller Game of Draw Poker (1889) 61 Curiosity in Poker playing is by no means confined to women. Many men are inveterate and habitual callers, and consequently habitual losers.

1914 Army & Navy Reg. 3 Jan. 31/2 He holds that the old aphorism that ‘persistent callers and persistent bluffers are sure losers in the end’ might better be applied to persistent layers down.

1968 J. Rubens Win at Poker v. 89 Suppose you opened with a pair of aces and had two callers.

1977 D. Armstrong Win at Gin & Poker iii. 188 Bettor shows a pair of aces. Caller shows no pair and no card higher than a king.

2001 G. Carson Compl. Bk. Hold 'Em Poker 119 Raises from players still to act don't cut down your bet odds.., except to the extent that a raise might cause a potential caller to fold.

7. A person who makes a telephone call.phone caller, telephone caller: see the first element.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > caller

caller1879

telephoner1880

party1912

ringer-up1928

phoner1933

telephonist1952

1879 Cheshire Observer 13 Dec. 7/5 He was aroused during the night by a summons through his telephone to go at once to the house of the caller.

1899 Post Office Guide July 533 If a deposit has been made by the caller in the first instance to cover the fee for the second period of three minutes.

1954 K. Amis Lucky Jim 95 Your second three minutes are up, caller.

1959 M. Chamberlin Dear Friends & Darling Romans (1960) iv. 29 It is the common practice of the caller to demand the number of the callee immediately.

1987 Canberra Times 6 June b1/5 They tell her to keep the caller on the line for as long as possible so that they can trace the call.

2013 Waitrose Weekend 25 July 24/3 Radio phone-ins are currently full of callers urging England to beat the Aussies into submission.

8. A person who calls out the numbers in a game of bingo. Cf. bingo caller n. at bingo n.² Additions.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun] > caller

caller1934

1934 San Antonio (Texas) Express 19 Aug. d7/3 The caller at bingo was Jerome Donzis.

1961 Lake Centre News (Arborg , Manitoba) 14 Nov. 10/5 A sudden hush descends on the room as the caller begins counting off the numbers in lots of ten.

1993 F. Weldon in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 138 Would you care to come to Bingo with me tonight..? The Caller is a very good friend of mine.

2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 6 May (Travel section) 7 All heads rise simultaneously as the caller, in a pool of light, proclaims another number.

†II. Scottish. A driver.

9. Scottish. A person who drives cattle or oxen; a person who drives a cart or plough. Cf. call v. IV. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd

cowherda1000

oxherd1281

geldherd1284

nowtherd1296

neatherd1301

drover1384

catcherc1400

caller?a1500

ox-boy1580

neatress1586

harrier1591

cowherdess1611

spurn-cow1614

neatherdess1648

cowgirl1753

herds-woman1818

oxman1820

ranchero1825

topsman1825

vaquero1826

herdsmaiden1829

overlander1841

cattle-herd1845

cowboy1849

buckaroo1852

stock-rider1862

pointer1869

night-herder1870

puncher1870

bull-puncher1872

outrider1872

cowpuncher1873

range man1875

cow-puncher1878

herd-boy1878

cow-girl1884

trail-herd1885

trail boss1890

nighthawk1903

point man1903

swing man1903

top hand1912

charro1926

waddy1927

cattle-puncher1928

cowpoke1928

paniolo1947

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2238 in Poems (1981) 85 The caller cryit, ‘How! Haik!’ vpon hicht.

1643 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 136 Cadgers, oxin driveris and load callers.

a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 240 40 loads of coalls,..drink money to the cawer.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney App. vii. 447 The caller..goes before the beasts backward with a whip.

1867 W. McDowell Hist. Dumfries xxi. 252 Yoking ten strapping sons in a plough, he held it himself, whilst his youngest boy acted as ‘caller’.

Compounds

C1. With adverbs, in compound agent nouns corresponding to phrasal verbs at call v., as caller-away, caller-in, caller-off, caller-on, caller-out, caller-up, etc. (see call v. Phrasal verbs 1).

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1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xli. f. cvi Callers on to haue that poynt reformyd.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Necromantes, a Necromancer, or caller vp of yll tspirites.

1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. D.vii Yea would god they were not callers backe & vtter despisers of y^e same [sc. the syncer word of God].

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vii. f. 77^v My importunate caulers on.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxiii. sig. F12 His..caller away is his Study.

1685 J. Flavell Πνευματολογια 202 Tertullian calls them [sc. Angels] Evocatores animarum, the Callers forth of Souls.

1772 J. Entick New Spelling Dict. (new ed.) 61/1 Clicker, a caller-in at a shop.

1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 642 The ‘caller-off’ shouts out..the name.

1882 Cent. Mag. Oct. 878/2 The ‘caller-out’..not only calls out the figures, but explains them at length to the ignorant, sometimes accompanying them through the performance.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. vi. 47 The caller-up begins his rounds with the dawn.

1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xix. 148 The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as..‘Clickety-click’ for sixty-six.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Nov. 24/3 Be the first caller-in to Mr. Limbaugh to pronounce it correctly.

C2.

caller display n. Telecommunications = caller ID n.

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1972 R. Koenig & R. Staffel Motorist Aid via Radio Call Box 119 The console will display and print this information on the ‘second caller’ display.]

1983 Proc. 10th Internat. Symp. Human Factors Telecommunications 21 Services offered by the digital switching system are available e.g. caller display.

1990 Computerworld 19 Mar. 58/3 Enough bandwidth to combine several services—such as voice, high-speed facsimile and caller display—on one dial-up line.

2004 Sun (Nexis) 23 Apr. The next day she phoned me at work and the caller display showed she was not phoning from home.

caller ID n. Telecommunications a feature by which the number and typically the name of a telephone caller are displayed.Now used chiefly with reference to landline phones, as mobile phones generally have the feature as standard.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > telephone facilities

automatic dialler1922

dialler1922

autodial1934

autodialler1960

redial1960

auto-answer1961

hold1965

camp-on1975

caller ID1978

voicebank1988

1978 Computerworld 15 May 40/2 (heading) No Caller ID.

1985 Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. 1 316/1 Caller ID..automatically sends the telephone number of incoming calls over the customer's line to be displayed on a separate customer-owned..device or possible integrated telephone set.

2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xxiv. 222 Ditton cursed himself for not having a landline phone with caller ID.

caller identification n. Telecommunications = caller ID n.

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1969 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 18 July (East Valley ed.) 4 a/2 An automatic caller identification system..would make it possible for an emergency dispatcher to have the caller's phone number, address and proper jurisdiction flashed on a television-type screen.

1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. iii. p. iii Digital exchanges are much more reliable, flexible and versatile, offering facilities like automatic call-back, conference calls and caller identification.

2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 303 I buy one of those caller-identification devices, and I begin to call back and hang up on the numbers that appear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

calleradj.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːlə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑlər/, Scottish English

/ˈkalər/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– callar, 1800s– caller; Scottish pre-1700 callor, pre-1700 callour, pre-1700 callowr, pre-1700 caloure, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– callar, pre-1700 1700s– caller, 1700s callan- (in a compound, perhaps transmission error), 1700s calour, 1700s–1800s cauller, 1700s– cauler, 1800s callow, 1800s calor, 1800s cawler.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: calver adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a regional variant of calver adj., with Scots loss of -v- (compare e.g. ε. forms at silver n. and adj., β. and γ. forms at devil n. etc.).

Scottish and English regional (northern).

1. Of food, esp. meat or fish: extremely fresh. Also of flesh: showing no signs of decomposition; uncorrupted.

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the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [adjective] > fresh or not preserved

fresheOE

saltlessa1398

callerc1480

insulsed1598

c1480 (a1400) SS. Cosmas & Damian l. 360 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 302 In þe kirkȝard ȝestrewen wes lad ane ethiope, & ȝet his flesche is caloure Inucht & als fres.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2127 in Poems (1981) 81 Ane syde off salmond, as it wair, And callour.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xii. 110 The recent spreith and fresch and callour pray.

1633 Breadalbane Coll. Documents & Lett. (Edinb. Reg. House) No. 498 That ȝow will give ordour that it [sc. venison] may be speidilie carried for keiping it callour and fresche.

1666 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 452 Fresch, callour, and ungouttit herring.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 167 Caller Nowt-feet in a Plate.

1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 133 Gin ye had brought me a leg o' gude mutton, or a cauler sawmont, there would hae been some sense in't.

1825 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 671/1 Naething had we but the cauler new-laid eggs.

1862 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 501 The Newhaven fish-wife..shouting ‘Caller herrings!’ or ‘Wha'll buy my caller cod?’

1920 C. Murray In Country Places 29 I fain would dook in Dee aince mair An' clatter doon the Market stair,—O the caller dilse an' partans there!

1989 M. Spark in New Yorker 11 Sept. 40/3 ‘Caller herrin'’ meant fresh herring.

2015 W. Hershaw Postcairds fae Woodwick Mill 35 Why screigh aa day for bonnie caller herrin?

2. Of air, water, etc.: fresh and cool; (of a room, bed, etc.) well-aired; free from mustiness.

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a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 87 The callour ayr, penetratyve and puyr.

1599 A. Hume Hymnes 16 The riuers fresh, the callor streames.

1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 29 This was a tollerable good day. A very fair caller day.

1729 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. I. 78 When e'er the Sun grows high and warm, We'll to the cauler Shade remove.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 77 Behind the door a calour heather bed.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 148 Queer tirlie-wirlie holes, that..keep the stair as caller as a kail-blade.

1884 Good Words May 326/1 You ha'e the caller air, the caller earth; an' they're aye healthy.

1891 Allan's Tyneside Songs (rev. ed.) 409 Praise steem-boat trips an' caller air.

1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 21 I' the yaird, richt clean an' caller, Smells the yird the beadle turns.

1998 L. Forbes Turning Fresh Eye 4 I remember you In the caller air of Etive side.

3. Healthy, vigorous. Now rare.In early use in similes and metaphors alluding to sense 1. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Linlithgow, and Lanarkshire in 1938.

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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy

wholeeOE

isoundOE

i-sundfulc1000

ferec1175

soundc1175

fish-wholea1225

forthlyc1230

steadfasta1300

wella1300

safec1300

tidya1325

halec1330

quartc1330

well-faringc1330

well-tempered1340

well-disposeda1398

wealyc1400

furnished1473

mighty?a1475

quartful?c1475

good1527

wholesomea1533

crank1548

healthful1550

healthy1552

hearty1552

healthsome1563

well-affected?1563

disposed1575

as sound as a bell1576

firm1577

well-conditioned1580

sound1605

unvaletudinary1650

all right1652

valid1652

as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655

fair-like1663

hoddy1664

wanton1674

stout?1697

trig1704

well-hained1722

sprack1747

caller1754

sane1755

finely1763

bobbish1780

cleverly1784

right1787

smart1788

fine1791

eucratic1795

nobbling1825

as right as a trivet1835

first rate1841

in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844

gay1855

sprackish1882

game ball1905

abled1946

well-toned1952

a hundred per cent1960

oke1960

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fresh or vigorous

vigorousc1330

frikea1400

freck?a1513

flourishing?1555

flush1604

caller1754

yauld1787

strengthful1830

beany1852

pithsome1864

1754 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 29 Bat the third [girl] wis a cauller, swack bit o' beef.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 6 She..was..As clear and calour as a water trout.

1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 4 She's just as cawler as a trout Tho' five an' fifty.

1886 ‘G. Temple’ Britta 34 Dere was twa young birds in't the last time I gaed doun—twa yallow caller things, about da size o' hens.

1922 O. Douglas Ann & her Mother vi. 68 Robbie was such a caller baby, so fat and good-natured and thriving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	caller
释义	callern. Brit. /ˈkɔːlə/, U.S. /ˈkɔlər/, /ˈkɑlər/ Forms: see call v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: call v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < call v. + -er suffix¹. I. A person who calls or summons, and related senses. 1. a. A person who cries aloud, proclaims, or announces; (hence) a person who invokes, summons, or exhorts by calling aloud. Also: an animal which makes its characteristic call. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > person cleper1382 caller1557 hailer1888 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > invocatory > action of using > one who uses caller1557 invokera1649 society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > herald beadlec1000 herald1377 caller1580 trumpeter1673 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 25 Evs, voys of a caller. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 46 (MED) He þat askis takis, & to þe callar it sal be opynd. 1534 G. Joye tr. Jeremy Prophete xlviii. f. lxxxvi^v The caller to the grape gatheringe shal nomore trede in the wyne presse. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xx. f. 98 We be bounde to the caller for this also. 1557 Confut. Tyndales Aunswere (new ed.) in Wks. Sir T. More 823/1 Callers vppon the name of God. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 960 The caller of the Court was one Cooke of Winchester. 1604 J. Dee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 47 That he is, or hath bin a Conjurer, or Caller, or Invocator of divels. 1613 S. Hieron Baptizing of Eunuch 56 The sight of it is rather a continuall caller vpon him to be faithful to him. 1635 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 98 Item to the caller in the court, 4d. 1760 W. Law Of Justif. by Faith & Wks. 49 Will such a Caller upon the Lord, without good Works, have his sufficient Excuse, by saying [etc.] 1768 Answers H. Rose of Kilravock & A. Mackenzie 14 The legislature did not mean that it should be in the power of the caller of the roll to impose upon the meeting any preses or clerk he thought proper. 1879 Potter's Amer. Monthly Apr. 248/2 Then the clear, incisive voice of the caller rattles off a string of words and figures that no human ear can catch. 1889 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1888 246 As soon as all is ready for the move, the chief gives the word, and the callers summon the people to start on the march. 1902 E. Stratemeyer Under Scott in Mexico (1909) ii. 22 Again the cry reached them, but this time in a gasping voice, as though the caller was fast losing her strength. 1958 Copeia No. 1. 45/2 It was impossible to scale the trees from whence the barking calls originated, and even with binoculars I could not locate the callers. 1961 John o' London's 21 Dec. 682/4 The ‘callers’ would then wander around..picking out a few for employment at 5d an hour. 2002 N. Minhas Chapatti or Chips? xxxii. 352 ‘Kutti,’ a voice rang clear of the rest, ‘kutti kutti kutti.’ Naina swung her head round to locate the caller. b. Originally U.S. In square or country dancing: a person who announces the steps or figures. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > caller caller1855 1855 ‘O. Optic’ In Doors & Out 315 ‘First couple lead up to the right!’ shouted the caller. 1884 Santa Fé New Mexican Rev. 23 Feb. 1/5 I told her I couldn't hear the caller. I was waiting for some man to sing out ‘balance all’, when she said: ‘Why, we don't have any callers here.’ 1931 Amer. Speech 7 50 To the ‘fiddlin'’ for the square dances the ‘caller’ sing-songs: All to your places, straighten up your faces, Join eight hands and circle left. 1966 Melody Maker 7 May 18/1 (advt.) Beckenham Ballrooms are interested in commencing a Country Style evening every Tuesday. They need a caller and musicians. 2006 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 14 Dec. 92/4 Ceilidh dance with callers to lead you through the steps. 2010 N.Y. Times 3 Dec. 33/3 As the caller, Mr. Crane let dancers know whether to allemande left or right. c. A person responsible for summoning people to work at the appointed time; spec. (a) English regional (north-eastern) a person who summons miners to work; (b) U.S. a person who summons railway workers to work. Cf. call boy n. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who > specific knocker-up1861 caller1863 1863 E. Corvan in E. Corvan et al. Choice Coll. Tyneside Songs 61 Ho! marrows, tis the Caller cries. 1863 Med. Times & Gaz. 10 Oct. 385/1 Every man of the fore-shift marks 1 on his door-that is the sign for the caller to wake him at that hour. 1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 72 The caller made his rounds with orders to call the first man he found off duty. 1917 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. 15 Sept. 27 ‘What's th' matter? Ain't you been to bed yet?’ taunted the caller. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. viii. 65 Next morning the caller woke him, at two o'clock he was in the pit working the early fore shift. †2. A person who brings a charge or complaint before a court of law; a complainant, a plaintiff. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > one who requests or petitions callerc1503 customer1542 entreater1588 importunate1642 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff cravera1300 actora1325 askera1325 plaintiffa1325 plainer1340 challengera1382 pursuanta1393 follower1397 suer1423 pursuer1430 plainant1437 suitor1454 suit maker1469 complainant1495 plainandc1500 callerc1503 tabler1517 complaintiffc1533 complainer?1542 impleader1583 pledant1599 proceedera1618 querent1720 pulsator1730 demandeur1818 movant1875 rapper1904 c1503 J. Younge Fyancells of Margaret in Leland's De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1770) IV. 288 The King called them before hym, and demaunded them the Cause of ther Difference. The Caller sayd, Syre, he hath taken from me my Lady Paramour. 3. A person who calls people together for a meeting, conference, or other gathering; a person who calls a meeting. Usually with of or possessive, indicating the meeting called. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > one who convokes warner1572 assembler1635 convener1680 convocator1823 caller1841 convocant1850 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. vi. xii. f. 308 The calling or summoning of councels may be done either by waye of auctoritie, which the caller him selfe hath, or by waye of auctoritie, which he taketh of an other. 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 114 Emperours, and kings..of themselues are no absolute, and powerfull commanders, and callers of Councels. 1691 R. Baxter Against Revolt to Foreign Jurisdict. xix. 281 Emperors were the ordinary Callers of the General Councils, and not the Presidents or Pope. 1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 246 Letting the callers of the meeting have their way. 1878 Christian Union 16 Oct. 302/1 A convention to discuss, but not to debate, the Second Coming of Christ convenes in the church of the Holy Trinity... Its callers include representative men from all evangelical denominations. 1904 J. F. Finerty Ireland I. iii. iii. 204 They met there accordingly, headed by the caller of the gathering. 1927 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 15 July 24/3 It is for the Japanese and Americans, especially the latter, as callers of the conference, to suggest something. 2003 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 4 Apr. 84 Farooq claimed that as the caller of the meeting he had a right to decide where it would be held. 4. Hunting. a. A hunter who sounds a call in order to attract an animal. Also: a decoy bird used to attract other birds with its call. North American in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird stalec1440 stall?a1500 chanterelle1601 staling1601 gig1621 fetcha1640 call bird1686 caller1725 stool1825 playbird1878 brace-bird1885 jacky-bird1897 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > shout of huntsmen > person caller1776 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Lark The Way of taking Larks is with Nets..the Callers are set upon the Ground. 1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxvii. 128 The caller applies two of his fingers to his lips, and sucking them..produces a squeaking sound. 1866 W. R. King Sportsman & Naturalist in Canada iii. 52 The caller..retires, with a reserve gun, to the rear of the sportsman. 1892 Forest & Stream 7 July 4/1 Personally I know three Indians who are first-rate callers and good still-hunters. 1920 Outing Nov. 67/2 Old Susie, my best caller, was riding the waves as best she could..; occasionally letting out her hoarse quacks. 1966 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 22 Nov. b2 The caller began his work just as it was beginning to be daylight, and the big gobblers stuck their ugly heads high in the air and answered. 2007 B. Lovett Hunting Pressured Turkeys 176 He and the caller were ecstatic because it had been a classic hunt. b. North American. A whistle or other instrument used by hunters to imitate the sound of a particular animal, esp. a bird; = call n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > calls quail-pipea1425 call1607 quail call1614 bird call1621 lark call1791 caller1845 yelper1884 turkey-yelper1895 1845 Weekly Nashville (Tennessee) Union 30 Apr. When Hassell got to him, Durard was dead, holding his turkey caller in his hand. 1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer i. 107 The small bone from the wing of the turkey makes a very good caller. 1901 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 88 390 The callers were made exactly according to sample furnished by the defendant. 1978 Field & Stream June 86/2 You can buy fancy wooden callers like it, but the bottle sounds just as good to me. 2003 M. D. Johnson Successful Small Game Hunting iii. 42/2 Our $1.98 Goodwill caller worked. Boy, howdy, did it work. 5. A person who pays a call on another; a visitor.bogus caller, gentleman caller, morning-caller, personal caller, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun] resorter1533 comer1576 visitor1576 visiter1592 visitant1601 caller1786 visitress1827 visiting fireman1926 1786 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) III. i. 39 Making him keep off all callers, by telling them I am dressing for the Queen. 1812 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) I. 296 We have had a flow of forenoon callers. 1865 London Rev. 23 Dec. 662/1 The most successful caller, i.e. the caller who finds no one at home. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 5/2 With what presumptuous swiftness he had changed himself from an occasional caller into an almost ever-present one! 1966 L. Braun Cat who could read Backwards viii. 91 I don't want her running home..and putting on a sharp outfit to receive callers. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) iv. 246/4 A peephole door viewer enables you to identify callers before admitting them. 6. Poker. A player who matches the bet of another player in order to remain in play, or (esp. in earlier use) in order to get other players to show their hands to determine who has the best cards. See call v. 20c. ΚΠ 1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 181 Should a player call an opponent, both parties must show their hands, the caller last, and the best poker hand wins. 1887 J. W. Keller Game of Draw Poker (1889) 61 Curiosity in Poker playing is by no means confined to women. Many men are inveterate and habitual callers, and consequently habitual losers. 1914 Army & Navy Reg. 3 Jan. 31/2 He holds that the old aphorism that ‘persistent callers and persistent bluffers are sure losers in the end’ might better be applied to persistent layers down. 1968 J. Rubens Win at Poker v. 89 Suppose you opened with a pair of aces and had two callers. 1977 D. Armstrong Win at Gin & Poker iii. 188 Bettor shows a pair of aces. Caller shows no pair and no card higher than a king. 2001 G. Carson Compl. Bk. Hold 'Em Poker 119 Raises from players still to act don't cut down your bet odds.., except to the extent that a raise might cause a potential caller to fold. 7. A person who makes a telephone call.phone caller, telephone caller: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > caller caller1879 telephoner1880 party1912 ringer-up1928 phoner1933 telephonist1952 1879 Cheshire Observer 13 Dec. 7/5 He was aroused during the night by a summons through his telephone to go at once to the house of the caller. 1899 Post Office Guide July 533 If a deposit has been made by the caller in the first instance to cover the fee for the second period of three minutes. 1954 K. Amis Lucky Jim 95 Your second three minutes are up, caller. 1959 M. Chamberlin Dear Friends & Darling Romans (1960) iv. 29 It is the common practice of the caller to demand the number of the callee immediately. 1987 Canberra Times 6 June b1/5 They tell her to keep the caller on the line for as long as possible so that they can trace the call. 2013 Waitrose Weekend 25 July 24/3 Radio phone-ins are currently full of callers urging England to beat the Aussies into submission. 8. A person who calls out the numbers in a game of bingo. Cf. bingo caller n. at bingo n.² Additions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun] > caller caller1934 1934 San Antonio (Texas) Express 19 Aug. d7/3 The caller at bingo was Jerome Donzis. 1961 Lake Centre News (Arborg , Manitoba) 14 Nov. 10/5 A sudden hush descends on the room as the caller begins counting off the numbers in lots of ten. 1993 F. Weldon in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 138 Would you care to come to Bingo with me tonight..? The Caller is a very good friend of mine. 2007 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 6 May (Travel section) 7 All heads rise simultaneously as the caller, in a pool of light, proclaims another number. †II. Scottish. A driver. 9. Scottish. A person who drives cattle or oxen; a person who drives a cart or plough. Cf. call v. IV. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd cowherda1000 oxherd1281 geldherd1284 nowtherd1296 neatherd1301 drover1384 catcherc1400 caller?a1500 ox-boy1580 neatress1586 harrier1591 cowherdess1611 spurn-cow1614 neatherdess1648 cowgirl1753 herds-woman1818 oxman1820 ranchero1825 topsman1825 vaquero1826 herdsmaiden1829 overlander1841 cattle-herd1845 cowboy1849 buckaroo1852 stock-rider1862 pointer1869 night-herder1870 puncher1870 bull-puncher1872 outrider1872 cowpuncher1873 range man1875 cow-puncher1878 herd-boy1878 cow-girl1884 trail-herd1885 trail boss1890 nighthawk1903 point man1903 swing man1903 top hand1912 charro1926 waddy1927 cattle-puncher1928 cowpoke1928 paniolo1947 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2238 in Poems (1981) 85 The caller cryit, ‘How! Haik!’ vpon hicht. 1643 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 136 Cadgers, oxin driveris and load callers. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 240 40 loads of coalls,..drink money to the cawer. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney App. vii. 447 The caller..goes before the beasts backward with a whip. 1867 W. McDowell Hist. Dumfries xxi. 252 Yoking ten strapping sons in a plough, he held it himself, whilst his youngest boy acted as ‘caller’. Compounds C1. With adverbs, in compound agent nouns corresponding to phrasal verbs at call v., as caller-away, caller-in, caller-off, caller-on, caller-out, caller-up, etc. (see call v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΚΠ 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xli. f. cvi Callers on to haue that poynt reformyd. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Necromantes, a Necromancer, or caller vp of yll tspirites. 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. D.vii Yea would god they were not callers backe & vtter despisers of y^e same [sc. the syncer word of God]. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vii. f. 77^v My importunate caulers on. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxiii. sig. F12 His..caller away is his Study. 1685 J. Flavell Πνευματολογια 202 Tertullian calls them [sc. Angels] Evocatores animarum, the Callers forth of Souls. 1772 J. Entick New Spelling Dict. (new ed.) 61/1 Clicker, a caller-in at a shop. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 642 The ‘caller-off’ shouts out..the name. 1882 Cent. Mag. Oct. 878/2 The ‘caller-out’..not only calls out the figures, but explains them at length to the ignorant, sometimes accompanying them through the performance. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. vi. 47 The caller-up begins his rounds with the dawn. 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xix. 148 The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as..‘Clickety-click’ for sixty-six. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Nov. 24/3 Be the first caller-in to Mr. Limbaugh to pronounce it correctly. C2. caller display n. Telecommunications = caller ID n. ΚΠ 1972 R. Koenig & R. Staffel Motorist Aid via Radio Call Box 119 The console will display and print this information on the ‘second caller’ display.] 1983 Proc. 10th Internat. Symp. Human Factors Telecommunications 21 Services offered by the digital switching system are available e.g. caller display. 1990 Computerworld 19 Mar. 58/3 Enough bandwidth to combine several services—such as voice, high-speed facsimile and caller display—on one dial-up line. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 23 Apr. The next day she phoned me at work and the caller display showed she was not phoning from home. caller ID n. Telecommunications a feature by which the number and typically the name of a telephone caller are displayed.Now used chiefly with reference to landline phones, as mobile phones generally have the feature as standard. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > telephone facilities automatic dialler1922 dialler1922 autodial1934 autodialler1960 redial1960 auto-answer1961 hold1965 camp-on1975 caller ID1978 voicebank1988 1978 Computerworld 15 May 40/2 (heading) No Caller ID. 1985 Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. 1 316/1 Caller ID..automatically sends the telephone number of incoming calls over the customer's line to be displayed on a separate customer-owned..device or possible integrated telephone set. 2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xxiv. 222 Ditton cursed himself for not having a landline phone with caller ID. caller identification n. Telecommunications = caller ID n. ΚΠ 1969 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 18 July (East Valley ed.) 4 a/2 An automatic caller identification system..would make it possible for an emergency dispatcher to have the caller's phone number, address and proper jurisdiction flashed on a television-type screen. 1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. iii. p. iii Digital exchanges are much more reliable, flexible and versatile, offering facilities like automatic call-back, conference calls and caller identification. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 303 I buy one of those caller-identification devices, and I begin to call back and hang up on the numbers that appear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). calleradj. Brit. /ˈkɑːlə/, U.S. /ˈkɑlər/, Scottish English /ˈkalər/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1700s– callar, 1800s– caller; Scottish pre-1700 callor, pre-1700 callour, pre-1700 callowr, pre-1700 caloure, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– callar, pre-1700 1700s– caller, 1700s callan- (in a compound, perhaps transmission error), 1700s calour, 1700s–1800s cauller, 1700s– cauler, 1800s callow, 1800s calor, 1800s cawler. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: calver adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a regional variant of calver adj., with Scots loss of -v- (compare e.g. ε. forms at silver n. and adj., β. and γ. forms at devil n. etc.). Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. Of food, esp. meat or fish: extremely fresh. Also of flesh: showing no signs of decomposition; uncorrupted. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [adjective] > fresh or not preserved fresheOE saltlessa1398 callerc1480 insulsed1598 c1480 (a1400) SS. Cosmas & Damian l. 360 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 302 In þe kirkȝard ȝestrewen wes lad ane ethiope, & ȝet his flesche is caloure Inucht & als fres. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2127 in Poems (1981) 81 Ane syde off salmond, as it wair, And callour. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xii. 110 The recent spreith and fresch and callour pray. 1633 Breadalbane Coll. Documents & Lett. (Edinb. Reg. House) No. 498 That ȝow will give ordour that it [sc. venison] may be speidilie carried for keiping it callour and fresche. 1666 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 452 Fresch, callour, and ungouttit herring. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 167 Caller Nowt-feet in a Plate. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 133 Gin ye had brought me a leg o' gude mutton, or a cauler sawmont, there would hae been some sense in't. 1825 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 671/1 Naething had we but the cauler new-laid eggs. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 501 The Newhaven fish-wife..shouting ‘Caller herrings!’ or ‘Wha'll buy my caller cod?’ 1920 C. Murray In Country Places 29 I fain would dook in Dee aince mair An' clatter doon the Market stair,—O the caller dilse an' partans there! 1989 M. Spark in New Yorker 11 Sept. 40/3 ‘Caller herrin'’ meant fresh herring. 2015 W. Hershaw Postcairds fae Woodwick Mill 35 Why screigh aa day for bonnie caller herrin? 2. Of air, water, etc.: fresh and cool; (of a room, bed, etc.) well-aired; free from mustiness. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 87 The callour ayr, penetratyve and puyr. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes 16 The riuers fresh, the callor streames. 1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 29 This was a tollerable good day. A very fair caller day. 1729 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. I. 78 When e'er the Sun grows high and warm, We'll to the cauler Shade remove. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 77 Behind the door a calour heather bed. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 148 Queer tirlie-wirlie holes, that..keep the stair as caller as a kail-blade. 1884 Good Words May 326/1 You ha'e the caller air, the caller earth; an' they're aye healthy. 1891 Allan's Tyneside Songs (rev. ed.) 409 Praise steem-boat trips an' caller air. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 21 I' the yaird, richt clean an' caller, Smells the yird the beadle turns. 1998 L. Forbes Turning Fresh Eye 4 I remember you In the caller air of Etive side. 3. Healthy, vigorous. Now rare.In early use in similes and metaphors alluding to sense 1. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Linlithgow, and Lanarkshire in 1938. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy wholeeOE isoundOE i-sundfulc1000 ferec1175 soundc1175 fish-wholea1225 forthlyc1230 steadfasta1300 wella1300 safec1300 tidya1325 halec1330 quartc1330 well-faringc1330 well-tempered1340 well-disposeda1398 wealyc1400 furnished1473 mighty?a1475 quartful?c1475 good1527 wholesomea1533 crank1548 healthful1550 healthy1552 hearty1552 healthsome1563 well-affected?1563 disposed1575 as sound as a bell1576 firm1577 well-conditioned1580 sound1605 unvaletudinary1650 all right1652 valid1652 as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655 fair-like1663 hoddy1664 wanton1674 stout?1697 trig1704 well-hained1722 sprack1747 caller1754 sane1755 finely1763 bobbish1780 cleverly1784 right1787 smart1788 fine1791 eucratic1795 nobbling1825 as right as a trivet1835 first rate1841 in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844 gay1855 sprackish1882 game ball1905 abled1946 well-toned1952 a hundred per cent1960 oke1960 the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fresh or vigorous vigorousc1330 frikea1400 freck?a1513 flourishing?1555 flush1604 caller1754 yauld1787 strengthful1830 beany1852 pithsome1864 1754 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 29 Bat the third [girl] wis a cauller, swack bit o' beef. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 6 She..was..As clear and calour as a water trout. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 4 She's just as cawler as a trout Tho' five an' fifty. 1886 ‘G. Temple’ Britta 34 Dere was twa young birds in't the last time I gaed doun—twa yallow caller things, about da size o' hens. 1922 O. Douglas Ann & her Mother vi. 68 Robbie was such a caller baby, so fat and good-natured and thriving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1425adj.c1480
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