'Callow' definitions:

Definition of 'callow'

From: WordNet
adjective
Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" [syn: fledgling, unfledged, callow]

Definition of 'Callow'

From: GCIDE
  • Callow \Cal"low\, a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. [1913 Webster]
  • An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. [1913 Webster]
  • I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. --Old Play [1675]. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Callow'

From: GCIDE
  • Callow \Cal*low"\, n. (Zool.) [Named from its note.] A kind of duck. See Old squaw. [1913 Webster]

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