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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Calling off.
  • noun That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Calling off.
  • noun That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Calling off.
  • noun obsolete That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

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