Definition of Calow
Callow (40), an inland county in Leinster, Ireland; also the county
town.
- Wikipedia
Cal"low (?), a. [OE. calewe,
calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG.
chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]
1. Destitute of feathers; naked;
unfledged.
An in the leafy summit, spied a nest,
Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.
Dryden.
2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a
callow youth.
I perceive by this, thou art but a callow
maid.
Old Play [1675].
Cal*low" (?), n.
(Zoöl.) [Named from its note.] A kind of duck.
See Old squaw.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Bald (original meaning, now obsolete)
- Unfledged (of a young bird)
- Immature, lacking in life experience.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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