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Webster 1913 Edition

Calcar

Cal′car

,
Noun.
[L.
calcaria
lime kiln, fr.
calx
,
calcis
, lime. See
Calx
.]
(Glass manuf.)
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
Ure.
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Cal′car

,
Noun.
; L.
pl.
Calcaria
(#)
.
[L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr.
calx
,
calcis
, the heel.]
1.
(Bot.)
A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
2.
(Zool.)
A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
3.
(Anat.)
(a)
A spur, or spurlike prominence.
(b)
A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Calcar

CALCAR

,
Noun.
In glass works, a kind of oven, or reverberating furnace, used for the calcination of sand and salt of potash, and converting them into frit.

Definition 2024

calçar

calçar

See also: calcar

Portuguese

Verb

calçar ‎(first-person singular present indicative calço, past participle calçado)

  1. shoe (to equip with protection)

Conjugation

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese calçar, from Latin calceāre, present active infinitive of calceō.

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