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Definition of Calps
1. calp [n] - See also: calp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calps
Literary usage of Calps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 to A by Donald Gregory (1836)
"About this time, in consequence of great abuses and oppression, the practice of
taking calps in the Highlands and Isles was abolished in the same way as it ..."
2. The History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 by Donald Gregory (1881)
"July.1 About this time, in consequence of great abuses and oppression, the practice
of taking calps in the Highlands and Isles was abolished in the same way ..."
3. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by Mrs N K M Lee, N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"Hartó- horn, calPs feet, and isinglass, are the usual materials used to coagulate
sweet jellies ; of these three, the latter is the best, as, when properly ..."
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