Part 1547

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

<hw>Cal"ci*fy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.</def>

<h1>Calcigenous</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cig"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime + <ets>-genouse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.</def>

<h1>Calcigerous</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cig"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, <ets>lime</ets> + <ets>-gerouse</ets>.]</ety> <def>Holding lime or other earthy salts; <as>as, the <ex>calcigerous</ex> cells of the teeth</as>.</def>

<h1>Calcimine</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime.]</ety> <def>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 white, and water.</def> <altsp>[Also spelt <asp>kalsomine</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Calcimine</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*mine</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. &p. p.</tt> <er>Calcimined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calcimining</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To wash or cover with calcimine; <as>as, to <ex>calcimine</ex> walls</as>.</def>

<h1>Calciminer</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*mi`ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who calcimines.</def>

<h1>Calcinable</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cin"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be calcined; <as>as, a <ex>calcinable</ex> fossil</as>.</def>

<h1>Calcinate</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal"ci*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To calcine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Calcination</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal`ci*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>calcination</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.</def>

<h1>Calcinatory</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cin"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A vessel used in calcination.</def>

<h1>Calcine</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Calciden</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calcining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>calciner</ets>, fr. L. <ets>calx</ets>, <ets>calcis</ets>, lime. See <er>Calx</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, <i>calcine</i> bones.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.</def>

<h1>Calcine</h1> <Xpage=203>

<hw>Cal*cine"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.</def> "<i>Calcining</i> without fusion"