Callay

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An obsolete verb meaning to call out to someone or summon them from a distance
2. A rare archaic term for shouting out or calling someone to come forward
3. Describing the old-fashioned act of hailing or summoning a person by voice

Etymology: The verb "callay" is so rare that its history is hard to pin down with confidence. Its sense, to summon from a distance, is clear enough from the few places it appears, but the form itself is an uncertain case. Its ending may be the most useful clue. English took many verbs ending in "-ay" from Old French, such as "delay," "array," and "allay," and "callay" may have been shaped on that pattern, with "call" as its base.