Lexicographical Neighbors of Calimas
Literary usage of Calimas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Universal Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary by Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse (1823)
"It is defended by Fort calimas, on the E. side ol the river. The ships destined
for the Philippine islands and China usually touch here for refreshment! ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... or calimas, excessive heat ; a remark which shews that Diez is right. — Gk.
/caC/ia, great heat. ..."
3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"L the hones! vocations and calimas of men, what are they in verily and truth,
but only services and slaveries? Every sea-luring man seems to be a ..."
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