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单词 callused
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callusedadj.

Brit. /ˈkaləst/, U.S. /ˈkæləst/
Forms: see callus n. and -ed suffix1 also 1700s calluss'd, 1900s caloused (non-standard).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callus n., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < callus n. + -ed suffix1. Compare calloused adj. and later callus v.
1. Of human or animal tissue: hardened, thickened, indurated; spec. (esp. of the skin of the hands and feet) having calluses. Also (of a broken bone): that has undergone the formation of callus (callus n. 2).For figurative uses of the form callused see calloused adj., and cf. note at callous v. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > hardening or thickening > afflicted with
callosea1400
callousa1400
brawny1613
warded1658
imperspirable1668
callused1714
calloused1746
waulked1786
hoofed1828
horn-fisted1929
1714 J. Browne Inst. Physick 245 The Membrane of the Tympanum may be wounded, relaxed, callous'd, or cover'd with a fungous, spungy, thick Crust.
1783 F. Clater Every Man his own Farrier 97 The best method, therefore, is to prick the calloused part..as full of holes as possible.
1788 J. Blatchford Narr. Remarkable Occurr. 7 The captain enquired for the prisoner, and..came down with the doctor to set my bones, but finding them calluss'd they concluded not to meddle with me.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xx. 36 On the back and shoulders of the child, great welts and calloused spots.
1879 Indianapolis Jrnl. 5 Dec. 6/6 It is excellent for softening the skin..for moistening corns or callused feet or toes, and especially for chapped face, lips and hands.
1899 Munsey's Mag. July 536/1 The workmen with the unmistakable badges of manual and outdoor labor on their calloused hands and browned and reddened faces.
1912 Cent. Mag. June 209/2 It [sc. the skin] is almost hairless, and years of fighting has given it an exceedingly rough and calloused surface.
1968 A. K. Armah Beautyful Ones are not yet Born vi. 104 Blistered hands, toughened, callused hands.
2011 P. M. Mazur et al. in B. P. Fuhrman et al. Pediatric Crit. Care (ed. 4) cxiii. 1514/1 Therefore finding a callused fracture on x-ray film is discovering trauma that occurred at least 2 to 3 weeks before the radiograph.
2. Of a plant, cutting, etc.: that has undergone the formation of callus (callus n. 3).
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1841 Gardeners' Chron. 27 Nov. 782/2 The second [cutting] will be more elongated in the tops, and only callused at the roots.
1910 D. T. MacDougal & A. Cannon Condition of Parasitism in Plants 28 Five slips of Cissus with callused bases were inserted in stems of Opuntia versicolor cut two months previously and allowed to heal.
1955 Q. Jrnl. Biol. 30 212/2 Callused apple grafts failed to serve as an open infection court for crown-gall bacteria.
1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) xvii. 321 Above the graves, callused old msasa trees creaked and sighed and groaned.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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