Callous v. World English Historical Dictionary

Callous v. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Callous v.

[f. prec. adj.]

1

  trans. To make callous, to harden. lit. and fig. Only in pple. (and ppl. adj.) Calloused, hardened.

2

1834.  Fraser’s Mag., X. 658. The whole English mind calloused against its efforts to make an impression.

3

1852.  Mrs. Stowe, Uncle Tom’s C., II. xx. 36. On the back and shoulders of the child, great welts and calloused spots, ineffaceable marks of the system under which she had grown up thus far.

4

1880.  Ellen H. Rollins (‘E. H. Arr’), New Engl. Bygones, 108. Hands calloused by toil.

5 © 2025 WEHD.com