Effectual call

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• Effectual

  ·noun Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficie...

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• Call

  ·noun ·see <<Assessment>>, 4. II. Call ·noun Vocation; employment. III. Call ·noun A divine vocati...

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• Call

  1) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to "call upon the name of the Lord"...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• call

  1) occasion, obligation ; he had no call to do it. Derb. 2) to abuse by calling names. They CALLED ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• call

  A peculiar silver pipe or whistle, used by the boatswain and his mates to attract attention, and sum...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Effectual prayer

  Occurs in Authorized Version, James 5:16. The Revised Version renders appropriately: "The supplicati...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cat call

  A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It deriv...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• mis-call

  to abuse, to call by nicknames. Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• call the watch

  This is done every four hours, except at the dog-watches, to relieve those on deck, also by pipe. "A...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• places of call

  Merchantmen must here attend to two general rules: If these places of call are enumerated in the c...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• winding a call

  The act of blowing or piping on a boatswain's whistle, to communicate the necessary orders. (See cal...

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