Calliope: Definition and part of speech

Calliope

n. A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.
n. The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
n. One of the asteroids. See Solar.
n. A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.

n. pl. An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; — called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses.

p. pr. & vb. n. of Call
n. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.
n. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
n. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
n. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.
n. One’s usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
n. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.

n. Successor or vicar; — a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.

n. See Assessment, 4.
v. t. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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.
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.
v. t. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
v. t. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
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.
v. t. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
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.
v. t. To invoke; to appeal to.
1n. 1 See Assessment, 4.
1v. t. 1 To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.