CPage 19
- English Word Calf Definition The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
- English Word Calfskin Definition The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
- English Word Cali Definition The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.
- English Word Caliber Definition Alt. of Calibre
- English Word Calibrate Definition 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.
- English Word Calibration Definition 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.
- English Word Calibre Definition The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
- English Word Calibre Definition The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
- English Word Calibre Definition Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.
- English Word Calice Definition See Chalice.
- English Word Calicle Definition One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian.
- English Word Calico Definition Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
- English Word Calico Definition Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
- English Word Calico Definition Made of, or having the appearance 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.
- English Word Calicoback Definition The calico bass.
- English Word Calicoback Definition An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.
- English Word Calicoes Definition of Calico
- English Word Calicular Definition Alt. of Caliculate
- English Word Caliculate Definition Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.
- English Word Calid Definition Hot; burning; ardent.
- English Word Calidity Definition Heat.
- English Word Caliduct Definition A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.
- English Word Calif Definition Alt. of Califate
- English Word Califate Definition Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.
- English Word Californian Definition Of or pertaining to California.
- English Word Californian Definition A native or inhabitant of California.
- English Word Caligation Definition Dimness; cloudiness.
- English Word Caliginosity Definition Darkness.
- English Word Caliginous Definition Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.
- English Word Caligo Definition Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.