CALDRON
CALDRON, noun A large kettle or boiler, of copper, or other metal, furnished with a movable handle or bail, with which to hang it on a chimney hook.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CALECHE
CALECHE, [See Calash.]
CALEDONIAN
CALEDONIAN, adjective Pertaining to Caledonia, an ancient name of Scotland. The termination ia, signifies a country, and was added by the Romans. Caledon signifies probably, the...
CALEFACIENT
CALEFACIENT, adjective [See Calefaction, Calefy.] Warming; heating.CALEFACIENT, noun That which warms or heats.
CALEFACTION
CALEFACTION, noun1. The act or operation of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by the communication of heat from other bodies.2. The ...
CALEFACTIVE
CALEFACTIVE,CALEFACTOR, adjective [See Calefaction.] That makes warm or hot; that communicates heat.
CALEFACTOR
CALEFACTOR, a. [See Calefaction.] That makes warm or hot; that communicates heat.
CALEFY
CALEFY, verb intransitive To grow hot or warm; to be heated.CALEFY, verb transitive To make worm or hot.
CALENDAR
CALENDAR, noun1. A register of the year, in which the months, weeks, and days are set down in order, with the feasts observed by the church, etc.; an almanack. It was so named f...
CALENDER
CALENDER, verb transitive To press between rollers, for the purpose of making smooth, glossy and wavy; as woolen and silk stuffs and linens.CALENDER, noun A machine or hot press...
CALENDRER
CALENDRER, noun The person who calenders cloth.
CALENDS
CALENDS, nounplural Among the Romans, the fist day of each month. The origin of this name is differently related. Varro supposes it to have originated in the practice of notifyi...
CALENTURE
CALENTURE, noun A violent ardent fever, incident to persons in hot climates, especially natives of cooler climates. It is attended with delirium, and one of the symptoms is, tha...
CALF
CALF, noun1. The young of the cow, or of the bovine genus of quadrupeds.2. In contempt, a dolt; an ignorant, stupid person; a weak or cowardly man.3. The thick fleshy part of th...
CALF-LIKE
CALF-LIKE, adjective Resembling a calf.
CALF-SKIN
CALF-SKIN, noun The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
CALIBER
CALIBER, noun1. The diameter of a body; as the caliber of a column, or of a bullet.2. The bore of a gun, or the extent of its bore.CALIBER-compasses, calibers, or callipers, a s...
CALICE
CALICE, noun A cup appropriately, a communion cup, or vessel used to administer the wine in the sacrament of the Lords supper. It is used by the Roman Catholics in the mass.
CALICO
CALICO, noun [said to be from Calicut, in India.] Cotton cloth. In England, white or unprinted cotton cloth is called calico In the United States, calico is printed cotton cloth...
CALICO-PRINTER
CALICO-PRINTER, noun One whose occupation is to print calicoes.
CALID
CALID, adjective Hot; burning; ardent.
CALIDITY
CALIDITY, noun Heat.
CALIDUCT
CALIDUCT, noun Among the Ancients, a pipe or canal used to convey heat from a furnace to the apartments of a house.
CALIF
CALIF, noun Written also caliph and kalif. A successor or vicar; a representative of Mohammed, bearing the same relation to him as the Pope pretends to bear to St. Peter. Among ...
CALIFATE
CALIFATE,CALIGATION, noun Darkness; dimness; cloudiness.In medical authors, caligation or caligo, is an opakeness or cloudiness of the anterior surface of the crystaline lens, c...
CALIGINOUS
CALIGINOUS, adjective Dim; obscure; dark.
CALIGINOUSNESS
CALIGINOUSNESS, noun Dimness; obscurity.