Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Calcific

Cal‐cif″ic (?), a. Calciferous. Specifically: (Zoöl.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

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Calcification

Cal′ci‐fi‐ca″tion (kăl′sĭ‐fĭ‐kā″shŭn), n.(Physiol.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; — normally, as in the formation of...

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Calcified

Cal″ci‐fied (kăl″sĭ‐fīd), a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

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Calciform

Cal″ci‐form (kăl″sĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -form.] In the form of chalk or lime.

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Calcify

Cal″ci‐fy (kăl″sĭ‐fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Calcified (–fīd); p. pr. & vb. n.Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of...

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Calcify (2)

Cal″ci‐fy, v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

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Calcigenous

Cal‐cig″e‐nous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -genouse.] (Chem.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium...

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Calcigerous

Cal‐cig″er‐ous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.

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Calcimine

Cal″ci‐mine (?), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc wh...

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Calcimine (2)

Cal″ci‐mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Calcimined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calcimining.] To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.

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Calciminer

Cal″ci‐mi′ner (?), n. One who calcimines.

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Calcinable

Cal‐cin″a‐ble (?), a. That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.

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Calcinate

Cal″ci‐nate (?), v. i. To calcine.

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Calcination

Cal′ci‐na″tion (kăl′sĭ‐nā″shŭn), n. [F. calcination.]1. (Chem.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expu...

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Calcinatory

Cal‐cin″a‐to‐ry (?), n. A vessel used in calcination.

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Calcine

Cal‐cine″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Calciden (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Calcining.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.]1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by...

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Calcine (2)

Cal‐cine″, v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. “Calcining without fusion” Newton.

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Calciner

Cal‐cin″er (?), n. One who, or that which, calcines.

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Calcispongiæ

‖Cal′ci‐spon″gi‐æ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge.] (Zoöl.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.

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Calcite

Cal″cite (kăl″sīt), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite....

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Calcitrant

Cal″ci‐trant (?), a. [L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis, heel.] Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

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Calcitrate

Cal″ci‐trate (?), v. t. & i. [L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant.] To kick.

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Calcitration

Cal′ci‐tra″tion (–trā″shŭn), n. Act of kicking.

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Calcium

Cal″ci‐um (kăl″sĭ‐ŭm), n. [NL., from L. calx, calcis, lime; cf F. calcium. See Calx.] (Chem.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a ...

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Calcivorous

Cal‐civ″o‐rous (?), a. [L. calx lime + vorare to devour.] Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

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Calcographer

Cal‐cog″ra‐pher (?), n. One who practices calcography.

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Calcographic

{ Cal′co‐graph″ic (?), Cal′co‐graph″ic‐al, } a. Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.