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Show CrA' cination, Fr. bodies by fire, as renders them reducibl to powder; wherefore it is called chyThi mical pulverization 1s the nex degree of the power of fire beyond tha for when fufion is longer con of fufion tinged, not only the more fubtile particles of the body itfelf fly off, but th particles of fire likewife infinuate themfelves in fuch multitudes, and are f blended through its whole fubftance that the fluidity, firft caufed by the fire can no longer fubfit. From this unio arifes a third kind of body, which, bein very porous and brittle, 1s eafily reduce to powder; for, the fire having penetrated every where into the pores of th body, the particles are both hindere from mutual contaét, and divided int Quincy minute atoms Divers refidences of bodies are thrown away, a foon as the diftillation or calcinatian of the bod Boyle that yicldeth them is ended This may be effeted, but not without a calcinaWon, or reducing it by art into a fubtile powder Brown's Vulgar Errours Cavrci'waTorY. n /. [from calcinate.] veflel ufed in calcination 7o CALCI'NE calx, Lat. w. a. [calciner Fr. fro 1. To burn 1n the fire to a calx, or friabl {ubftance See CarciwarTion The folids feem to be earth, bound together wit uF {ome oil y for if a bone be calcined, {o as th force will crumbl will grow firm again it, being immerfe leaf in oil, i Arbuthnot on Aliments 2. To burn up Fiery difputes that union have calcin'd Almoft as many minds as men we find Denbam 7o Carci'NE. v, n To become a calx b heat This chryftal is a pellucid fiflile ftone, clea as water and without colour; enduring a red hea without lofing its tranfparency, and, in a very ftron eat, calcining without fufion Newton's Opricks 9> CA'LCULATE. «. a. [calculer, Fr from calculus, Lat. a little ftone or bead ufed in operation 1. T compute t of numbers. reckon as h cal culates his expences 2. To compute the fituation of the planets at any certain time A cunning man did calculate my birt And told me, that by water I thould die Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Why all thett fires, why all thefe gliding ghofts Why old men, fools, and children calculate Why all thofe things change from their ordinance Shake[peare Who were there then in the world, to obferve th births of thofe firlt men, and calculate their nativities, as they fprawled out of ditches Bentley 3+ To adjuft; to proje end for any certai The reafonablenefs of religion clearly appears as'it tends fo direCtly to the happinefs of men, an is, upon all accounts, calculated for our benefit Tillotfon 7o Ca'LcuLaTE, v. 7. To make a computation Cavcura'rion. n. /[ [from calculate. 1. A praice, or manner of reckoning ; th art of numberipg Cypher tha great frien to calculation o Holder on T'ime 2. A reckoning ; the refult of arithmetica operation If then their calculation be true, for fo the reckon Hooker Being different from calculations of the ancients their obfervations confirm not ours Brown's Vulgar Ervours Carcur A'ror. . /. [from calenlate.] computer ; a reckoner Ca'LcuraTory. adj. [from calculate. Belonging to calculation CA‘LeULE oning n. / [calculus compute : obfolete Lat. Reck ‘The general calcule, which was made in the laf perambulation, exceeded eight millions Howel's Vocal Foreft Ca'Lcurose. ) adj, [from calcnlus, Lat. Ca'tcurous. Stony gritty The volatile falt of urine will coagulate {pirit of wine; and thus, perhaps, the ftones, or calcu Iofe concretions in the kidney or bladder, may b produced Brown's Vulgar Erreurs I have found, by opening the kidneys of a ca/culous perfon, that the ftone is formed earlier tha I have fuggefted Sharp CA'LCULUS. n. /. [Latin.] The ftone i the bladder Ca'uoron. n. /i [chauldron, Fr. fro calidus, Lat.] A pot; aboiler ; akettle In the midft of al There placed was a caldron wide and tall Upon a mighty furnace, burning hot. Fairy Quecn Some ftrip the fkin; fome portion out the fpoil The limbs, yet trembling, in the caldrons boi Some on the fire the recking entrails broil Dryden's Zneid this great hollow was lik In the late eruptions a valt caldron, filled with glowing and melted matter, which, as it boiled over in any part, ran dow the fides of the mountain Addifon Carecue The fame with CarasH CavLera'criON. 2. /. [from calefacio, Lat. 1. The a& of heating any thing 2. The ftate of being heated Cavera'cTivE.ad). [from ealefacio, Lat. That which makes any thing hot ; heating Carera'ctory. adj. [from calefucio Lat.} That which heats 7o CA'LEFY. «. . [cal:fo grow hot; to be heated Lat. T Cryftal will calefy unto eleétricity; that is, power to attract ftraws, or light bodies, and conver the needle, freely placed. Brows's Vulgar Errours 9o CALEFY. v. a. To make hot CA'LENDAR. 7. /. [calendarium, Lat.] regifter of the year, in which th months, an ftate times as feftivals and holidays are marked What hath this day deferv'd ? what hath it done That it in golden letter fhould be fe Among the high tides, in the calendar Skakefpeare's King Fobn We compute from calendars differing from on another; the computeof the one anticipating tha of the other Brewn Curs'd be the day when firft I did appear Let it be blotted from the calendar Left it pollute the month 70 CA'LENDER « Dryden's Fables a [calendrer Fr Skinner.] To drefs cloth; to lay th nap of cloth fmooth CA'LENDER. 7. /. [from the verb.] hot prefs; a prefs in whic {mooth their clo;h,‘. clothier n [ [from calender.] Th perfon who calenders CA'LENDS. n /. [calende, Lat. It ha no fingular.] The firft day of ever month among the Romans Ca'LENTURE. 7 /. [from caleo, Lat.] diftemper peculiar to failors in hot cli mates ; wherein they imagine the fe to be green ficlds, and will throw themfelves 1nto it Quincy And for that lethargy was there no cure But to be caft into a calinture Denbam So, by a calenture mifled The mariner with rapture fees On the fmooth ocean's azure bed Enamell'd fields, and verdant trees With eager hafte he longs to rov In that fantaftic fcene, and think 1t muft be fome enchanted grove And in he leaps, and down he finks CaLF Savift n. /. calves in the plurdl. [cealy Saxon ; #alf, Dutch. 1. The young of a cow The colt hath about four years of growfh fo the fawn, and {o the calf an Bafon's Nat. Hiftory Acofta tells us of a fowl in Peru, called condore which will kill and eat up a whole calfaf a time Wilkins Ah, Blouzelind! I love thee more by hal Than does their fawns, or cows the new-fall'n calf Gay 2. Calwves of the lips, mentioned by Hofea fignify facrifices of praife and prayers which the captives of Babylon addrefle to God, being no longer in a conditio to offer facrifices in his temple. Calmer Turn to thg Lord, and fay unto him, Takeawa all iniquity, and receive us gracioufly: fo will w rende the calve of our lips Hofea, xiv. 2 3. By way of contempt and reproach, ap plied fo a human being ; a dolt; a fu- pid wretch When a child haps to be got That after proves an ideot When folk perceive it thriveth not Some filly doating brainlefs calf That underftands things by the half Says, that the fairy left the oaf And took away the other. Drayton's Nymphid 4. The thick, plump, bulbous part of th leg. [#4alf, Dutch. Into her legs I"d have love's iffues fall And all her calf into a gouty fmall Suckling The calf of that leg bliftered. Wifeman's Surgery Ca'L1BER. n. /. [calibre, Fr.] The bore the diameter of the barrel of a gun the diameter of a bullet Ca'Lick. n. [ [calix, Lat.] A cup; chalice There is a natural analogy between the ablutio of the body and the purification of the foul; between eating the holy bread and drinking the fa cred calicey and a participation of the body an blood of Chrift Taylor 1Ca'Leco 7 [from Calecut in India. An Indian ftuft mad of cotton ; fome times ftained with gay and beautiful colours I wear the hoop petticeat, and am all in calicocs when the fineftare in filks _4ddifon's Speciator Ca'vip. adj. [calidus, Lat Hot; burn ing ; fervent Cavi'pary. u [ [from calid. Heat Ice will diffolve in any way of heat; for it wil diffolve with fire, it will colliquate in water, o warm oil 5 nor doth it only fubmit into an aétua heat, but net endure the potential calidicy of ‘man Waters Kka Brown's Kelgar Errours Caliar A Suc putation Ca'LenprER A a managemen't,o ratRer, which changeth calculation into eafy com A Cavcina*rion, o /. [from calcine5 cal CA A CA |