Part 1542

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.</def>

<cs><col>Calabash tree</col>. <cd><fld>(Bot.)</fld>, a tree of tropical America (<spn>Crescentia cujete</spn>), producing a large gourdike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The <stype>African calabash tree</stype> is the baobab.</cd></cs>

<h1>Calaboose</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal`a*boose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of Sp. <ets>calabozo</ets> dungeon.]</ety> <def>A prison; a jail.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Calade</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca*lade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.</def>

<h1>Caladium</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca*la"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.</def>

<h1>Calaite</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal"a*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cala\'8bs</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ ; cf. F. <ets>cala\'8bte</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mineral. See <er>Turquoise</er>.</def>

<h1>Calamanco</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal`a*man"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>calamancus</ets>, <ets>calamacus</ets>; cf. <ets>camelaucum</ets>; a head covering made of camel's hair, NGr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, and F. <ets>calmande</ets> a woolen stuff.]</ety> <def>A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.</def> "a gay <i>calamanco</i> waistcoat."

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Calamander wood</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal"a*man`der wood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the <spn>Diospyros qusesita</spn>. Called also <altname>Coromandel wood</altname>.</def>

<h1>Calamar, Calamary</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw><hw>Cal"a*mar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cal"a*ma*ry</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>calamarium</ets> inkstand, fr. L. <ets>calamus</ets> a reed pen: cf. F. <ets>calmar</ets>, <ets>calemar</ets>, pen case, calamar.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cephalopod, belonging to the genus <spn>Loligo</spn> and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called <altname>squids</altname>. See <er>Squid</er>.</def>

<h1>Calambac</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal"am*bac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>calambac</ets>, <ets>calambour</ets>, from Malay <ets>Kalambaq</ets> a king of fragrant wood.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fragrant wood; agalloch.</def>

<h1>Calambour</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal"am*bour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Calambac</er>.]</ety> <def>A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.</def>

<h1>Calamiferous</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal`a*mif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calamus</ets> reed + <ets>ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing reeds; reedy.</def>

<h1>Calamine</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal"a*mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>calamine</ets>, LL. <ets>calamina</ets>, fr. L. <ets>Cabmia</ets>. See <er>Cadmia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(min.)</fld> <def>A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.</def>

<note>&hand; The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called <i>smithsonite</i>.</note>

<h1>Calamint</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cal"a*mint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>calamint</ets>, <ets>calemente</ets> (cf. F. <ets>calament</ets>) fr. L. <ets>calamintha</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/. See 1st <er>Mint</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of perennial plants (<spn>Calamintha</spn>) of the Mint family, esp. the <spn>C. Nepela</spn> and <spn>C. Acinos</spn>, which are called also <stype>basil thyme</stype>.</def>