Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Calibration

Cal′ibra″‐tion (?), n. The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determina...

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Calice

Cal″ice (?), n. [See Calice.] See Chalice.

381

Calicle

Cal″i‐cle (?), n. [L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surfac...

382

Calico

Cal″i‐co (?), n.; pl.Calicoes (#). [So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.] 1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives...

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Calico (2)

Cal″i‐co (?), a. Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; — often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different f...

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Calicoback

Cal″i‐co‐back′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The calico bass. (b) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; — called also calico bug ...

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Calicular

{ Ca‐lic″u‐lar (?), a.Ca‐lic″u‐late (?), } a. Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.

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Calid

Cal″id (?), a. [L. calidus, fr. calere to be hot.] Hot; burning; ardent. Bailey.

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Calidity

Ca‐lid″i‐ty (?), n. Heat.

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Caliduct

Cal″i‐duct (?), n. [See Caloriduct.] A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.Subterranean caliducts have been introduced.Evelyn.

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Calif

{ Ca″lif (?), n., Cal″i‐fate (?), } n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.

390

California jack

Cal′i‐for″ni‐a jack″ (?). A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours.

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Californian

Cal′i‐for″ni‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to California. — n. A native or inhabitant of California.

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Caligation

Cal′i‐ga″tion (–gā″shŭn), n. [L. caligatio, fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist, darkness.] Dimness; cloudiness. Sir T. Browne.

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Caliginosity

Ca‐lig′i‐nos″ity (?), n. [L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation.] Darkness. G. Eliot.

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Caliginous

Ca‐lig″i‐nous (?), a. [L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux.] Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. Blount.The caliginous regions of the air.Hallywell.— Ca‐lig″i‐nous‐l...

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Caligo

‖Ca‐li″go (?), n.(Med.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

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Caligraphic

Cal′i‐graph″ic (?), a. See Calligraphic.

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Caligraphy

Ca‐lig″ra‐phy (?), n. See Caligraphy.

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Calin

‖Ca″lin (?), n. [F., fr. Malay kelany tin, or fr. Kala'a, a town in India, fr. which it came.] An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.

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Calipash

Cal′i‐pash″ (?), n. [F. carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf Calarash, Carapace.] A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a d...

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Calipee

Cal″i‐pee (?), n. [See Calipash] A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed ...

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Calipers

Cal″i‐pers (?), n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of b...

402

Caliph

Ca″liph (kā″lĭf), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khalīfan successor, fr. khalafa to succed.] Successor or vicar; — a title of the successors of Mo...

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Caliphate

Cal″i‐phate (?), n. [Cf. F. califat.] The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

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Calippic

Ca‐lip″pic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cy...

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Calisaya bark

Cal′i‐sa″ya bark (?). A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.