The apparent callosity of her friends toward her affliction made her cry even harder. From LearnThat.org.
The sound can be modified accordingly as the strokes of each bow bear upon the callosity, which is itself serrated or wrinkled, or on one of the four smooth radiating nervures. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Says is the winner of the Crown in 1978 callosity. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Lot | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
There is one on the Shameen bridge who has a callosity like. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
To a youth afflicted with the callosity of sentiment, this quaint and pregnant saying appeared merely base. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Portraits] Reference
The callosity of Smollett's midshipman, who spat in the pressed man's face when he dared to complain of his sufferings, and roughly bade him die for aught he cared, was characteristic of the service. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
The cause of the corn or callosity must be eliminated. From Wordnik.com. [Trusted.MD Network - Empowering Healthcare Relationships] Reference
Washington -- the senselessness of red tape -- the callosity of politicians. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Beast] Reference
They attributed the halting in the hind legs of a lamb to a callosity formed around the spinal cord. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference
A large callosity forms on the shoulders of the regular Unyamwesi porters, from the heavy weights laid on them. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868] Reference
Besides causing the animal considerable pain, chafing, if long continued, leads to the formation of a callosity. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
When the deposition of additional layers of the skin occurs in a diffuse manner it is called a callus or callosity. From Wordnik.com. [Trusted.MD Network - Empowering Healthcare Relationships] Reference
Their feet, by this kind of exercise, contract a callosity which renders the use of shoes quite unnecessary to them. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
There was a small callosity on the pilaster adjacent to his hand, and he scratched at it intently with a long forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [V. V.'s Eyes] Reference
Abbreviations: ic = ischial callosity, lm = left manus, lp = left pes, rm = right manus, rp = right pes, td = tail drag marks. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The resting trace includes symmetrical pes impressions and well-defined impressions made by both hands, the tail, and the ischial callosity. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The left or lower wing-cover is of similar structure, with the difference that the bow, the callosity, and the nervures occupy the upper face. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Constant communion with death makes for callosity of feeling; and the Calabrians and the Sicilians are the cruellest among the civilized peoples. From Wordnik.com. [The Place of Honeymoons] Reference
They crouch down on their breast -- where there is a callosity -- when about to receive their burdens, and also sleep resting in the same attitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
There is one on the Shameen bridge who has a callosity like a horn on his forehead, with which he strikes the pavement and produces an audible thump. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither] Reference
What presumption can arise from the event of the water ordeal, in which no callosity of hands, no bravery, no skill in arms, could be in any degree serviceable?. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million] Reference
The cuttings, in our climate, should be prepared in fall or early winter, and if planted at that time the ends will form the callosity preparatory to sending out roots. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
He added, as a well-known fact in surgery, that the callosity which forms over a fractured bone is so dense that the limb will never break again at that particular place. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales] Reference
It should be mentioned, however, that his feet had long been unacquainted with any covering and had attained a degree of callosity that rendered them proof against anything. From Wordnik.com. [Mauprat] Reference
Its inner edge carries, on the under side, near the base, a callosity from which five radiating nervures proceed; two of them upwards and two downwards, while the fifth runs approximately at right angles to these. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
callosity, is a section of skin that has become toughened and thick as a result of friction, pressure or irritation. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
There’re hunders of V. Family Tank I were having patrol near, once discovered enemy, callosity shell will fall down on their head. From Wordnik.com. [Mini Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
"Man," Phineas once replied, "don't you see that you're breaking a heart which, in spite of its apparent rugosity and callosity, is as tender as a new-made mother's?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
Callous: see callosity. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Callus: a small callosity. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
He looked the very imbodiment of callosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I] Reference
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