Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Calefactor

Cal′e‐fac″tor (?), n. A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.

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Calefactory

Cal′e‐fac″to‐ry (?), a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

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Calefactory (2)

Cal′e‐fac″to‐ry, n. 1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on th...

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Calefy

Cal″e‐fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Calefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calefying.] [L. calere to be warm + -fy] To make warm or hot.

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Calefy (2)

Cal″e‐fy, v. i. To grow hot or warm. Sir T. Browne.

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Calembour

‖Cal″em‐bour′ (?), n. A pun.

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Calendar

Cal″en‐dar (?), n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See Calends.] 1...

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Calendar (2)

Cal″en‐dar, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Calendared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calendaring.] To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Waterhouse.

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Calendarial

Cal′en‐da″ri‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.

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Calendary

Cal″en‐da‐ry (?), a. Calendarial.

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Calender

Cal″en‐der (?), n. [F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. ���������. See Cylinider.] 1. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, e...

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Calender (2)

Cal″en‐der (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Calendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calendering.] [Cf. F. calandrer. See Calender, n.] To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth an...

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Calender (3)

Cal″en‐der, n. [Per. qalender.] One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.

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Calendographer

Cal′en‐dog″ra‐pher (?), n. [Calendar + -graph + er.] One who makes calendars.

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Calendrer

Cal″en‐drer (?), n. A person who calenders cloth; a calender.

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Calendric

{ Ca‐len″dric (?), Ca‐len″dric‐al (?), } a., Of or pertaining to a calendar.

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Calends

Cal″ends (?), n. pl. [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. ������. CF. Claim.] The first day of each month in th...

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Calendula

‖Ca‐len″du‐la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. calendae calends.] (Bot.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed...

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Calendulin

Ca‐len″du‐lin (?), n.(Chem.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.

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Calenture

Cal″en‐ture (?), n. [F. calenture, fr. Sp. calenture heat, fever, fr. calentar to heat, fr. p. pr. of L. calere to be warm.] (Med.) A name formerly given to various fevers occur...

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Calenture (2)

Cal″en‐ture, v. i. To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.Hath fed on pageants floating through the airOr calentures in depths of limpid flood.Wordsworth.

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Calescence

Ca‐les″cence (?), n. [L. calescens, p. pr. of calescere, incho. of calere to be warm.] Growing warmth; increasing heat.

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Calf

Calf (?), n.; pl.Calves (#). [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. kālfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalbō; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. �����, Skr gr...

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Calfskin

Calf″skin′ (?), n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

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Cali

‖Ca″li (?), n.(Hindoo Myth.) The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written also Kali.]

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Caliber

{ Cal″i‐ber, Cal″ibre } (?), n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. qālib mode...

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Calibrate

Cal″i‐brate (?), v. i. To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or gra...