Part 1555

<h1>Calibrate</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.</def>

<h1>Calibration</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal`ibra"*tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.</def>

<h1>Calice</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Calice</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Chalice</er>.</def>

<h1>Calicle</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caliculus</ets> a small cup, dim. of <ets>calicis</ets>, a cup. Cf <er>Calycle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. <sd>(b)</sd> One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See <er>Campanularian</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>calycle</asp>. See <er>Calycle</er>.]</altsp>

<h1>Calico</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Calicoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[So called because first imported from <ets>Calicut</ets>, in the East Indies: cf. F. <ets>calicot</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, <as>as, super <ex>calicoes</ex>, shirting <ex>calicoes</ex>, unbleached <ex>calicoes</ex>, etc.</as></def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>The importation of printed or stained <b>colicoes</b> appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. <i>Beck (Draper's Dict. ).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.</def>

<note>&hand; In the United States the term <i>calico</i> is applied only to the printed fabric.</note>

<cs><col>Calico bass</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an edible, fresh-water fish (<spn>Pomoxys sparaides</spn>) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also <altname>calicoback</altname>, <altname>grass bass</altname>, <altname>strawberry bass</altname>, <altname>barfish</altname>, and <altname>bitterhead</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Calico printing</col>, <cd>the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico.</cd></cs>

<h1>Calico</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of, or having the apperance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Calicoback</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*co*back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The calico bass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An hemipterous insect (<spn>Murgantia histrionica</spn>) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also <altname>calico bug</altname> and <altname>harlequin cabbage bug</altname>.</def>

<h1>Calicular, a. Caliculate</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw><hw>Ca*lic"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <hw>Ca*lic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for <i>calycular</i>, <i>calyculate</i>.</def>

<h1>Calid</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calidus</ets>, fr. <ets>calere</ets> to be hot.]</ety> <def>Hot; burning; ardent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Calidity</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Ca*lid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Heat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Caliduct</h1> <Xpage=204>

<hw>Cal"i*duct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Caloriduct</er>.]</ety> <def>A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.</def>

<blockquote>Subterranean <b>caliducts</b> have been introduced. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>