CALADE
CALADE, noun The slope or declivity of a rising manege-ground.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CALAITE
CALAITE, noun A name given to the turquois; which see.
CALAMANCO
CALAMANCO, noun A woolen stuff, of a fine gloss, and checkered in the warp.
CALAMAR
CALAMAR, noun An animal, having an oblong body and ten legs. On the belly are two bladders containing a black fluid, which the animal emits when pursued. It is called also sea-s...
CALAMBAC
CALAMBAC, noun Aloes-wood, xyloe-aloes, a drug, which is the product of a tree growing in China and some of the Indian isles. It is of a light spungy texture, very porous, and t...
CALAMBOUR
CALAMBOUR, noun A species of the aloes-wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac. This wood is used by cabinet-makers and i...
CALAMIFEROUS
CALAMIFEROUS, adjective Producing plants having a long, hollow, knotted stem.
CALAMIN
CALAMINE, or calaminnoun Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the composition of brass. This term is applied both to the siliceous oxyd and the na...
CALAMINE
CALAMINE, or CALAMIN, noun Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the composition of brass. This term is applied both to the siliceous oxyd and the ...
CALAMINT
CALAMINT, noun A plant, a species of Melissa, or baum, an aromatic plant, and a weak corroborant.Water-calamint is a species of Mentha, or mint.
CALAMISTRATE
CALAMISTRATE, verb transitive To curl or frizzle the hair.
CALAMISTRATION
CALAMISTRATION, noun The act of curling the hair.
CALAMIT
CALAMIT, noun A mineral, probably a variety of Tremolite. It occurs in imperfect or rounded prismatic crystals, longitudinally striated, and sometimes resembling a reed. Its str...
CALAMITOUS
CALAMITOUS, adjective1. Very miserable; involved in deep distress; oppressed with infelicity; wretched from misfortune; applied to men.2. Producing distress and misery; making w...
CALAMITOUSLY
CALAMITOUSLY, adverb In a manner to bring great distress.
CALAMITOUSNESS
CALAMITOUSNESS, noun Deep distress; wretchedness; misery; the quality of producing misery.
CALAMITY
CALAMITY, noun Any great misfortune, or cause of misery; generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evils, as loss of crops, earthquakes, conflagrations, d...
CALAMUS
CALAMUS, noun1. The generic name of the Indian cane, called also rotang. It is without branches, has a crown at the top, and is beset with spines.2. In antiquity, a pipe or fist...
CALANDER
CALANDRE or CALENDERnoun The French name of a species of insect of the beetle kind, very destructive in granaries.
CALANDRA
CALANDRA, noun A species of lark, with a thick bill, the upper part of the body of a reddish brown, spotted with black, with a body thicker than the sky-lark.
CALANDRE
CALANDRE or CALANDER, noun The French name of a species of insect of the beetle kind, very destructive in granaries.
CALANGAY
CALANGAY, noun A species of white parrot.
CALASH
CALASH, noun1. A light chariot or carriage with very low wheels, used for taking the air in parks and gardens. It is open, or covered with mantles of cloth, that are let down at...
CALC-SINTER
CALC-SINTER, noun Stalactitic carbonate of lime.
CALC-TUFF
CALC-TUFF, noun An alluvial formation of carbonate of lime.
CALCAR
CALCAR, noun In glass works, a kind of oven, or reverberating furnace, used for the calcination of sand and salt of potash, and converting them into frit.
CALCARATE
CALCARATE, adjective Furnished with a spur; as a calcarate corol, in larksupr; a calcarate nectary, a nectary resembling a cocks spur.