Cal*low" (?), n.
(Zoöl.) [Named from its note.]
A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
Cal"low (?), a. [OE.
calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo,
G. Kuhl; cf. L.
calvus.]
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
An in the leafy summit, spied a nest,
Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.
Dryden.
2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.
I perceive by this, thou
art but a
callow maid.
Old Play
[1675].
Hear it pronounced