Part 1546

<h1>Calcedon</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ce*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chalcedony</er>.]</ety> <def>A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.</def>

<h1>Calcedonic, Calcedonian</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw><hw>Cal`ce*don"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cal`ce*do"ni*an</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Chalcedonic</er>.</def>

<h1>Calceiform</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ce*i*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calceus</ets> shoe + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a plipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.</def>

<h1>calceolaria</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>cal`ce*o*la"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>calceolarius</ets> shoemaker, fr. <ets>calceolus</ets>, a dim. of <ets>calceus</ets> shoe.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plant, biought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.</def>

<h1>Calceolate</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ce*o*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Calceolaria</er>.]</ety> <def>Slipper-ahaped. See <er>Calceiform</er>.</def>

<h1>Calces</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ces</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Calx</er>.</def>

<h1>Calcic</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"cic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime: cf. F. <ets>calcique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.</def>

<h1>Calciferouse</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cif"er*ouse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.</def>

<cs><col>Calciferouse epoch</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>and epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under <er>Grology</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Calcific</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Calciferous. Specifically: <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> of or pertaining to hte portion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.</def>

<i>Huxley.</i>

<h1>Calcification</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.</def>

<h1>Calcified</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*fied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.</def>

<h1>Calciform</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>In the form of chalk or lime.</def>

<h1>Calcify</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Calcified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calcifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.</def>