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CALK, v.t. cauk. 1. To drive oakum or old ropes untwised, into the seams of a sh...
CALIVER, n. [from caliber.] A kind of handgun, musket or arquebuse.
CALIPHATE or KALIFATE, n. The office or dignity of a calif; or the government of...
CALIN, n. A compound metal, of which the Chinese make tea canisters and the like...
CALIGRAPHY, CALIGRAPHYIC, n. [Infra.] Pertaining to elegant penmanship.
CALIGINOUSNESS, n. Dimness; obscurity.
CALIGINOUS, a. Dim; obscure; dark.
CALIFATE, CALIGATION, n. Darkness; dimness; cloudiness. In medical authors, cali...
CALIF, n. Written also caliph and kalif. A successor or vicar; a representative ...
CALIDUCT, n. Among the Ancients, a pipe or canal used to convey heat from a furn...
CALIDITY, n. Heat.
CALID, a. Hot; burning; ardent.
CALICO-PRINTER, n. One whose occupation is to print calicoes.
CALICO, n. [said to be from Calicut, in India.] Cotton cloth. In England, white ...
CALICE, n. A cup appropriately, a communion cup, or vessel used to administer th...
CALIBER, n. 1. The diameter of a body; as the caliber of a column, or of a bulle...