2. Adjective. Having calluses. ¹
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Definition of Callused
1. callus [v] - See also: callus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Callused
Literary usage of Callused
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"12,13) from the upper Miocene at Springvale, Trinidad, but that has a thicker
outer lip, a less heavily callused inner lip, and narrower columellar plaits ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Calloused usually has emotional connotations, and callused always has physical ones.
had ... 1982 His bands were rough, callused, competent —Russell Baker, ..."
3. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"Three slips with callused bases inserted in joints of Opuntia ... Five slips of
Cissus with callused bases were inserted in stems of ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"Cy. helvola (callused variety) possessing a double or twin callosity at the posterior
... Cy. tabescens (callused var.) : extremities with a callus more or ..."
5. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"This callused edge consisted of plate cork cells, to which, on the outside, were
not infrequently attached rags of dead meso- phyll cells. ..."
6. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1842)
"... will be more elongated in the tops, and only callused at the roots, and the
third grown to the height of the other two, but neither rooted nor callused. ..."
7. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1885)
"When sufficiently callused, the cuttings are taken up and placed in water 24
hours to get ... The roots start from the callused portion.— Prairie Farmer. ..."
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