Allus vs Callus - What's the difference?
allus | callus |
* 1978 , James Still, River of Earth :
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
* 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 17:
The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
(botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
To form such hardened tissue
As an adverb allus
is eye dialect of from=Southern US|lang=en.As a noun callus is
a hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.As a verb callus is
to form such hardened tissue.allus
English
Adverb
(-)- "I allus' wanted my chaps to read and spell and figure," Mother said. "' Allus put a lot of store by that. Another rusty cut and they'll close the school shore. As long as we keep living here, Flat Creek School is their only chance earthy."
callus
English
(wikipedia callus)Noun
(en-noun)- Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally