κᾶλον

A. wood, κᾶλον ἐν ἱαρῷ πεφυκός Berl.Sitzb. 1927.157 (Cyrene); elsewh. only in pl. κᾶλα, = ξύλα, logs, for burning, κάγκανα κ. h.Merc. 112; παλαίθετα κ. Call. Fr. 66c; τὰ κ. καὶ τοὺς ἄνθρακας Ion Trag.29; also, timber for joiner's work, ἐπικαμπύλα κ. Hes. Op. 427; esp. of ships, ποττὰ κᾶλα(κάλα cod.) Ar. Lys. 1253; ἔρρει τὰ κᾶλα the ships are lost (καλά codd.), X. HG 1.1.23, Plu. Alc. 28. (κᾶλον and κῆλον (q.v.) perh. fr. Καvελος, cf. καίω.)