The Collaborative International Dictionary
Callosity \Cal*los"i*ty\, n.; pl. Callosities. [L. callasitas; cf. F. calost['e].] A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction. [1913 Webster] ||
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n. (plural of callosity English)
Usage examples of "callosities".
But you must pull hard at the oar if you're to do that, and get, as, people say, callosities upon your hands.
We warned him he would get callosities on his shoulders and elbows because of the tight fit of his command.
By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirtcuffs -- by each of these things a man's calling is plainly revealed.
Afflictions induce callosities, miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which notwithstanding is no unhappy stupidity.