Definition of Callipered

1. calliper [v] - See also: calliper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Callipered

calling off
calling out
calling to mind
calling to order
calling together
calling up
callingly
callings
calliope
calliopes
calliopsis
callipash
callipee
callipees
calliper
callipered (current term)
callipering
callipers
callipygean
callipygian
callipygous
callisection
callisections
callisthenic
callisthenic exercise
callisthenics
callithrix
callithump
callithump parade
callithumpian

Literary usage of Callipered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on the Sliding Rule: In Two Parts by B. Bevan (1822)
"In 850 feet of timber, measured by the customary method of quarter girt, how much will there be if callipered at dockyard measure? ..."

2. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information, Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1882)
"... Onr Constellation shone so bright, The Frenchmen could nut bear the sight. And away ihi'y 'callipered In affright, From tbe brave Yankee boy». ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1881)
"... their length measured as accurately as possible with a steel-tape, and their height callipered near both ends and in the middle. ..."

4. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"The internal diameter of the ring should, generally speaking, be about ; in. less than the callipered size of the assembled segments, though experience soon ..."

5. Japan in Transition: A Comparative Study of the Progress, Policy, and by Stafford Ransome (1899)
"But this was not the end of all things, for every pipe had to be callipered throughout its entire length, and at not less than four different points. ..."

6. Railway Locomotives and Cars (1843)
"... only being required to be callipered to a proper thickness that they may lie flush. The cost of the four-inch ribbon will be determined by your mills. ..."

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