† callumn.
Obsolete.
= callus n. (in various senses).
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun]
crueltyc1230
unfeelingness1398
cruelnessa1400
callum?1440
cruelc1440
crudelity1483
hard-heartedness1577
callosity1614
callousness1653
stony-heartedness1673
callus1683
heartlessness1701
cold-heartedness1850
unsympathy1856
cold-bloodedness1878
inhumanism1907
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [noun] > hard formation in or on plant
callum?1440
callus1721
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness
induration1493
indurateness1537
induritness1558
hardenedness1571
stoniness1571
hard-heartedness1577
apathy1603
indolence1603
dedolence1606
flintiness1607
dedolencya1617
searedness1620
callosity1628
indolencya1631
brawnedness1631
calluma1640
atrocity1641
dead-heartedness1642
brawninessa1645
callousness1653
stony-heartedness1673
petrification1678
unsolicitousnessa1683
callus1683
heartlessness1701
petrifaction1722
unreckingness1873
Gradgrindery1920
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening > hard skin
callositya1400
callus1563
warish1570
brawn1578
calluma1640
callousness1705
warda1825
hoof1888
tylosis1890
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 599 Callum [L. callum] that in elmys leuys born is.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. vii. iv. f. 37/2 If we sawe throughe the focille, or pipe,..Nature..must have a longe time, to engendre a Callum thervnto.
1604 J. Downham Christian Warfare ii. xxxviii. 487 If through custome in sinning it [sc. conscience] be ouerspread with a Callum or thicke skinne, it becometh insensible.
a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3247 Frequent calcitration against the edge of this fierie sword breeds a Callum or compleat hardnesse.
a1681 R. Allestree 40 Serm. (1684) I. v. 75 Such a callum as will make it [sc. the eye] not feel, will make it not see.
1797 S. T. Coleridge Let. Jan. (1956) I. 301 Both my Hands can exhibit a callum, as testimonials of their Industry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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