Obs. exc. dial. [f. prec. sb.] intr. To scold, rail. Hence Calleting ppl. a.
a. 1673. Brathwait, Care’s Cure. To hear her in her spleen Callet like a butter queen.
1691. Ray, N. C. Wds., Callet, to cample, or scold; as, a calleting housewife.
1764. T. Brydges, Homer Travest. (1797), I. 62. Mother, you know not what you’re doing; To Callot thus will be your ruin.
1864. Atkinson, Whitby Gloss. (E. D. S.), Callit, to wrangle, to chide. ‘They snap an’ callit like a couple o’ cur-dogs.’
