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Webster 1913 Edition

calciferous

cal-cif′er-ous

(kăl-sĭf′ẽr-ŭs)
,
Adj.
[L.
calx
,
calcis
, lime +
-ferous
.]
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.
Calciferous epoch
(Geol.)
,
an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under
Geology
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Calciferous

CALCIFEROUS

,
Adj.
[of calx, lime, and muria, salt water.] A species of earth, of the muriatic genus, of a blue or olive green color, of the consistence of clay. It consists of calcarious earth and magnesia tinged with iron.

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