Definition of calls Calls
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- calls (Noun)
Plural of call.
Part of speech
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| call - a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" | ||
| phone call, telephone call | ||
| telephony, telephone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" | ||
| call-back the recall of an employee after a layoff | ||
| collect call a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for | ||
| call-in a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program | ||
| crank call a hostile telephone call (from a crank) | ||
| local call a telephone call made within a local calling area | ||
| long-distance call, long distance, trunk call a telephone call made outside the local calling area; "I talked to her by long distance" | ||
| conference call a telephone call in which more than two people participate | ||
| call - (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" | ||
| decision, determination, conclusion the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| call - an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" | ||
| program line, instruction, command, statement (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | ||
| function call a call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program | ||
| call - a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer" | ||
| visit the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist" | ||
| call - a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence" | ||
| visit the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist" | ||
| call - a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" | ||
| disposition, tendency, inclination your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" | ||
| call - a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" | ||
| asking, request a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | ||
| call - a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call" | ||
| demand the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" | ||
| call - a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" | ||
| claim | ||
| call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" | ||
| cry, outcry, yell, shout, vociferation | ||
| utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | ||
| yowl, holloa, hollo, hollering, holla, bellowing, holler, roaring, bellow, roar a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" | ||
| blue murder an extravagantly loud outcry; "she screamed blue murder" | ||
| catcall a cry expressing disapproval | ||
| clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry, clamor loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" | ||
| halloo a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him" | ||
| hoot a loud raucous cry (as of an owl) | ||
| hosanna a cry of praise or adoration (to God) | ||
| noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say" | ||
| screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" | ||
| whoop a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement | ||
| war whoop, battle cry, rallying cry, war cry a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle | ||
| yelling, shouting uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | ||
| yodel a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto | ||
| call - the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" | ||
| birdcall, birdsong, song | ||
| animal communication communication between animals (of the same species) | ||
| bell-like call a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell | ||
| call - the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | ||
| call option | ||
| option one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" | ||
| straddle, span the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options | ||
| call - a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement | ||
| margin call | ||
| demand the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" | ||
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| call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" | ||
| send for | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| enjoin, tell, order, say issue an injunction | ||
| call forth, kick up, provoke, evoke cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust" | ||
| call up, mobilise, mobilize, rally bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| summons, summon, cite call in an official matter, such as to attend court | ||
| beep call, summon, or alert with a beeper | ||
| call back, recall return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back" | ||
| call in make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" | ||
| lift remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| muster call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. | ||
| hail greet enthusiastically or joyfully | ||
| summon call in an official matter, such as to attend court | ||
| call up, mobilise, mobilize, rally bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court" | ||
| call - get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" | ||
| telephone, call up, phone, ring | ||
| dial choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number" | ||
| telecommunicate communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail | ||
| telephony, telephone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" | ||
| cell phone call up by using a cellular phone; "If the train is late, I will cell phone you" | ||
| call in make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| call - ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| label distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions | ||
| miscall, misname assign in incorrect name to; "These misnamed philanthropists" | ||
| name, call mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" | ||
| brand, post mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| call - demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" | ||
| call in | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| exact, demand request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" | ||
| call - indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" | ||
| indicate indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| call - utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" | ||
| let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors) | ||
| call - order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" | ||
| request express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" | ||
| call - call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" | ||
| bespeak, request, call for, quest be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" | ||
| call - send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" | ||
| telecommunicate communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail | ||
| telecom, telecommunication (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance | ||
| call - utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" | ||
| let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors) | ||
| call - require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" | ||
| require, expect, ask look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March" | ||
| call - lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks" | ||
| entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" | ||
| call - declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out" | ||
| adjudge, declare, hold state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| call - consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" | ||
| regard, view, reckon, consider, see look at attentively | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| call - challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| gainsay, dispute, challenge raise a formal objection in a court of law | ||
| call - make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" | ||
| call in, visit, call make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick" | ||
| stop over, stop cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" | ||
| call - read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| call - challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" | ||
| gainsay, dispute, challenge raise a formal objection in a court of law | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| call - give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance | ||
| call off | ||
| square dance dance in formation | ||
| call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| wake up, waken, awaken, rouse, wake, arouse stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" | ||
| call - order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" | ||
| order place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically" | ||
| call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" | ||
| postpone, defer, shelve, put over, prorogue, table, set back, put off, hold over, remit hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" | ||
| call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" | ||
| shout, shout out, cry, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall | ||
| let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors) | ||
| call out challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton" | ||
| cry out, exclaim, outcry, call out, shout, cry utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" | ||
| cry out, exclaim, outcry, call out, shout, cry utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" | ||
| hollo cry hollo | ||
| hurrah shout `hurrah!' | ||
| halloo shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention | ||
| whoop shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table" | ||
| shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe utter a shrill cry | ||
| ululate, yaup, yawl, wail, howl, roar cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" | ||
| skreigh, screak, screech, skreak, squawk utter a harsh abrupt scream | ||
| call - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | ||
| predict, foretell, prognosticate, forebode, anticipate, promise | ||
| hazard, venture, guess, pretend proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" | ||
| read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| outguess, second-guess evaluate or criticize with hindsight | ||
| augur predict from an omen | ||
| wager, bet maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" | ||
| forecast, calculate predict in advance | ||
| prophesy, vaticinate predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | ||
| call - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" | ||
| name | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| label distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions | ||
| baptise, baptize, christen administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" | ||
| refer think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" | ||
| title, style make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript" | ||
| nickname, dub provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language | ||
| rename assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" | ||
| title, entitle give a title to | ||
| term name formally or designate with a term | ||
| tag provide with a name or nickname | ||
| address, call adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | ||
| call - make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" | ||
| bid | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| card game, cards a game played with playing cards | ||
| raise raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" | ||
| double increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" | ||
| outcall make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game | ||
| underbid bid too low | ||
| outbid bid higher than others | ||
| overbid bid more than the object is worth | ||
| preempt make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge | ||
| call - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" | ||
| visit, call in | ||
| get together, meet contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" | ||
| see be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" | ||
| see be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" | ||
| drop by, drop in, come by visit informally and spontaneously; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee" | ||
| call - greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" | ||
| address | ||
| name, call mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" | ||
| turn to, address direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium" | ||
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Wiktionary
- call (Noun)
A telephone conversation. - call (Noun)
A social visit. - call (Noun)
A cry or shout. - call (Noun)
A decision or judgement. - call (Noun)
The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal. - call (Noun)
A beckoning or summoning. - call (Noun)
An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time. - call (Noun)
The act of calling to the other batsman. - call (Noun)
The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call. - call (Noun)
A work shift which requires one to be available when requested see on call . - call (Noun)
The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point. - call (Noun)
A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on. - call (Noun)
The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting. - call (Verb)
To request, summon, or beckon. - call (Verb)
To cry or shout. - call (Verb)
To contact by telephone. - call (Verb)
To pay a social visit. - call (Verb)
To stop at a station or port. - call (Verb)
To name or refer to. - call (Verb)
Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name. - call (Verb)
Of a batsman: To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run. - call (Verb)
Of a fielder: To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch. - call (Verb)
To match or equal the amount of poker chip s in the pot as the player that bet. - call (Verb)
To require, demand. - call (Verb)
To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on. - call (Verb)
To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium. - call (Verb)
To demand repayment of a loan. - call (Verb)
To predict. - call (Verb)
To declare in advance. - call (Verb)
To jump to another part of a program to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- call (v. t.)
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. - call (v. t.)
To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church. - call (v. t.)
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. - call (v. t.)
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name. - call (v. t.)
To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate. - call (v. t.)
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work. - call (v. t.)
To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. - call (v. t.)
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company. - call (v. t.)
To invoke; to appeal to. - call (v. t.)
To rouse from sleep; to awaken. - call (v. i.)
To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to. - call (v. i.)
To make a demand, requirement, or request. - call (v. i.)
To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders. - call (n.)
The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. - call (n.)
A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. - call (n.)
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. - call (n.)
A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. - call (n.)
A divine vocation or summons. - call (n.)
Vocation; employment. - call (n.)
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. - call (n.)
A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. - call (n.)
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. - call (n.)
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry. - call (n.)
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. - call (n.)
The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. - call (n.)
See Assessment, 4.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A conversation by a connection over a telephone network. -
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To order or summon by using one's voice. -
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To give a name to. -
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To state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge. -
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To give a name or designation of a common noun that, e.g., reflects a quality. -
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To pay a short visit. -
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To order or request or give a command for (e.g. a strike).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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kawl, v.i. to cry aloud (with out; to, after, at, up, down): to make a short visit (with upon, for, at).—v.t. to name: to summon: to appoint or proclaim: to designate or reckon: to select for a special office, as in 'called to be an apostle,' 'to be called to the bar:' (coll.) to call bad names to some one.—n. a summons or invitation: an impulse: a demand: a short visit: a shrill whistle: the cry of a bird: admission to the rank of barrister: an invitation to the pastorate of a congregation, also the written form of such with appended list of names of persons concurring: (coll.) occasion, cause.—ns. Call′-at-large, a form of pastoral call sometimes adopted by a presbytery where a congregation is not unanimous, in which the name of the person to be called is not inscribed beforehand, and names cannot be adhibited by mandate; Call′-bird, a bird trained to allure others into snares; Call′-boy, a boy who waits upon the prompter in a theatre, and calls the actors when wanted on the stage; Call′er, one who pays a short visit; Call′ing, that station to which a person is called by Providence to fill: one's trade, profession, or occupation; Call′ing-crab, a popular name for the fiddler-crab, which waves its larger claw when disturbed; Call′-note, the note by which a bird or beast calls its young.—Call attention to, to point out; Call away, to divert the mind; Call back, to recall; Call for, to ask loudly: claim; Call forth, to bring or summon to action; Call for trumps, to lay down such cards at whist as will induce one's partner to lead a trump; Call in, to bring in from outside, as the notes in circulation, &c.; Call in question, to challenge; Call off, to summon away; Call on, or upon, to invoke, appeal to; Call out, to challenge to fight, esp. a duel: to summon to service, bring into operation; Call over, to read aloud a list; Call to account, to summon to render an account; Call up, to summon from beneath, or to a tribunal. [A.S. ceallian; Ice. kalla, Dut. kallen.] -
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kawl, n. (Spens.) a caul or cap
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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sifflet, a sort of whistle, or pipe, of silver or brass, used by the boatswain and his mates to summon the sailors to their duty, and direct them in the different employments of the ship.As the call can be sounded to various strains, each of them is appropriated to some particular exercise; such as hoisting, heaving, lowering, veering away, belaying, letting-go a tackle, &c. The act of winding this instrument is called piping, which is as attentively observed by sailors, as the beat of the drum to march, retreat, rally, charge, &c. is obeyed by soldiers.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A peculiar silver pipe or whistle, used by the boatswain and his mates to attract attention, and summon the sailors to their meals or duties by various strains, each of them appropriated to some particular purpose, such as hoisting, heaving, lowering, veering away, belaying, letting go a tackle-fall, sweeping, &c. This piping is as attentively observed by sailors, as the bugle or beat of drum is obeyed by soldiers. The coxswains of the boats of French ships of war are supplied with calls to "in bow oar," or "of all," "oars," &c.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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A military musical term, signifies a signal given by a trumpet, bugle, or drum.
