DCHP-3

call ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

call game by imitating their cries, either by mouth or by instrument.

Quotations

1793
[He was] a great sportsman, and perfectly expert in their manner of . . . calling in the game.
1889
A few geese were called up to the camp and killed from the doors of the lodges; the Indians imitate to perfection the cry of any bird, and at this time of year the geese are easy to call. . . .
1957
He is an expert on wild life and he can call a mad bull moose up so close you will wonder how things turned out.
2v.

chant the changes or movements for a square dance.

Quotations

1912
Another fellow was calling the dance at the top of his voice, and a number of huge lumberjacks were hopping around like so many ballet girls.
1963
. . . he'd gladly have gone fifty miles . . . to hear himself call the square-dances.