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Callosity

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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callosity

n. 1 (context countable English) A callus 2 (context uncountable English) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness

WordNet
callosity

n. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callus]

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Callosity

A callosity is another name for callus, a piece of skin that has become thickened as a result of repeated contact and friction.

Usage examples of "callosity".

That is the shopgirl smile, and I enjoin you to shun it unless you are well fortified with callosity of the heart, caramels and a congeniality for the capers of Cupid.

The long imprisonment, the privations of hunger, the scourging by the elements, the death of four out of every five of our number had indeed dulled and stupefied us--bred an indifference to our own suffering and a seeming callosity to that of others, but there still burned in our hearts, and in the hearts of every one about us, a dull, sullen, smoldering fire of hate and defiance toward everything Rebel, and a lust for revenge upon those who had showered woes upon our heads.

He was acutely aware that they lacked the horny callosity that was the mark of a true drover.

We warned him he would get callosities on his shoulders and elbows because of the tight fit of his command.

Surrogates rough lip callosities pressed briefly, meaningfully together.

Mark had the frankness of callosity, and could recount his evil deeds and confess his vices with hilarity and detail, and was prompt to take his part in a lark, and was a remarkably hard hitter, and never shrank from the brunt of the row.

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.

At the tip of each tentacle, recessed beneath a contractible callosity, there was a tiny anatomical feature, a small, caplike sensory organ.

Monsieur de Buffon hints that the naked callosities on the buttocks of the hylobates may conceal scent glands, but he does not go so far as to assert it.