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{ ‖, n. [ F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul. ] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assume the calotte, to become a priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of tall evergreens of West North America and East Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.
Syn. -- genus Calocedrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. large genus of West North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.
Syn. -- genus Calochortus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kalo`s beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calomélas. ] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of terrestrial orchids of North America.
Syn. -- genus Calopogon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique. ] (Physics) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caloric expands all bodies. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to caloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct. ] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. calorifère, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear. ] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique. ] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. calorification. ] Production of heat, esp. animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre. ] 1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc. For combustion processes, a bomb calorimeter may be used. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat + E. motor. ] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

‖n. [ NL., heater, fr. L. calor heat. ] An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kalo`s beautiful + ty`pos type. ] (Photog.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. NGr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a monk; kalo`s beautiful, good + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, equiv. to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an old man. ] A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., prob. of Mex. origin. ] (Bot.) A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras), which has migrated into California. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Decalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains the decalogue. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. décalogue, L. decalogus, fr. Gr. &unr_;; de`ka ten + &unr_; speech, &unr_; to speak, to say. See Ten. ] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See Scallop. ] 1. (Zoöl.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop. “So many jags or escalops.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (a) The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Hence: (b) (Her.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell. [ 1913 Webster ]