Calve Calve (käv) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Calved 3; present participle & verbal noun Calving .] [ Anglo-Saxon cealfian . See Calf .] 1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth ." Job xxi. 10.

2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve ?
Job xxxix. 1.

The grassy clods now calved .
Molton.

Calve Calve intransitive verb (Physics Geology) To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier.

Calver Cal"ver (kăl"vẽr) intransitive verb 1. To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [ Obsolete]

For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
Massinger.

2. To crimp; as, calvered salmon. Nares.

Calver Cal"ver intransitive verb To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver . Catton.

Calvessnout Calves"·snout noun (Botany) Snapdragon.

Calvinism Cal"vin·ism noun [ Confer French Calvinisme .] The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

» The distinguishing doctrines of this system, usually termed the five points of Calvinism , are original sin or total depravity, election or predestination, particular redemption, effectual calling, and the perseverance of the saints. It has been subject to many variations and modifications in different churches and at various times.

Calvinist Cal"vin·ist noun [ Confer French Calviniste .] A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

Calvinistic, Calvinistical Cal`vin·is"tic, Cal`vin·is"tic·al adjective Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. " Calvinistic training." Lowell.

Calvinize Cal"vin·ize transitive verb To convert to Calvinism.

Calvish Calv"ish adjective Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon.

Calx Calx noun ; plural English Calxes , Latin Calces . [ Latin Calx , calcis . limestone; confer Greek ... gravel. ..., ..., pebble, Sanskrit ... gravel, Ir. carraic rock Gael. carraig , W. careg , stone. Confer Chalk .]

1. (Chemistry) (a) Quicklime. [ Obsolete] (b) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.

» Metallic calxes are now called oxides .

2. Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.

Calycifloral, callyciflorous Ca·lyc`i·flo"ral, cal·lyc`i·flo"rous adjective [ Latin calyx , -ycis , calyx + flos , floris , flower.] (Botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Calyciform Ca·lyc"i·form adjective [ Latin calyx , calycis , calyx + -form .] (Botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

Calycinal, Calycine Ca·lyc"i·nal, Cal"y·cine adjective (Botany) Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.

Calycle Cal"y·cle noun [ Latin calyculus small flower bud, calyx, dim. of calyx . See Calyx , and confer Calicle .] (Botany) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

Calycled Cal"y·cled adjective (Botany) Calyculate.

Calycozoa Cal`y·co·zo"a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ..., ..., cup or calyx a flower + ... animal.] (Zoology) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida .

Calycular Ca·lyc"u·lar adjective (Botany) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

Calyculate, Calyculated Ca·lyc"u·late, Ca·lyc"u·la`ted adjective (Botany) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

Calymene Ca·lym"e·ne noun [ Greek concealed, past participle of ... to conceal.] (Zoology) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.

Calyon Cal"yon noun Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. Haliwell.

Calypso Ca·lyp"so (kȧ*lĭp"so) noun [ The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.] (Botany) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68° N.

Calyptra Ca·lyp"tra (kȧ*lĭp"trȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek kaly`ptra a covering for the head, from kaly`ptein to cover.] (Botany) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

Calyptriform Ca·lyp"tri·form adjective [ Calyptra + -form .] Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.

Calyx Ca"lyx (kā"lĭks; 277) noun ; plural English Calyxes , Latin Calyces (kăl"ĭ*sēz). [ Latin calyx , -ycis , from Greek ka`lyx husk, shell, calyx, from the root of kaly`ptein to cover, conceal. Confer Chalice Helmet .] 1. (Botany) The covering of a flower. See Flower .

» The calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called a sepal .

2. (Anat.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillæ.

Calzoons Cal·zoons" (kăl*zōnz") noun plural [ French caleçons (cf. Italian calzoni breeches), from Latin calceus shoe.] Drawers. [ Obsolete]

Cam Cam (kăm) noun [ Danish kam comb, ridge; or confer W., Gael., and Ir., cam bent. See 1st Comb .] 1. (Medicine) (a) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. (b) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. (c) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.

» Cams are much used in machinery involving complicated, and irregular movements, as in the sewing machine, pin machine, etc.

2. A ridge or mound of earth. [ Prow. Eng.] Wright.

Cam wheel (Machinery) , a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.

Cam Cam adjective [ See Kam .] Crooked. [ Obsolete]

Camaieu Ca·ma"ieu noun [ F.; of unknown origin. Confer Cameo .] 1. A cameo. [ Obsolete] Crabb.

2. (Fine Arts) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett.

Camail Ca·mail" noun [ French camail (cf. Italian camaglio ), from Latin caput head + source of English mail .] 1. (Ancient Armor) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.

2. A hood of other material than mail; esp. (Eccl.) , a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.

Camara Ca"ma·ra noun [ Portuguese ] Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos See Legislature .

Camaraderie Ca`ma`ra`de·rie" noun [ French See Comrade .] Comradeship and loyalty.

The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains.

W. A. Fraser.

Camarasaurus Cam`a·ra·sau"rus noun [ New Latin from Greek ... a vaulted chamber + ... lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ.

Camarilla Ca`ma·ril"la noun [ Spanish , a small room.]

1. The private audience chamber of a king.

2. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.

Camass Cam"ass noun [ American Indian name.] (Botany) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant ( Camassia esculenta ) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. [ Written also camas , cammas , and quamash .]

» The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri .

Camass Cam"ass noun [ Origin uncert.] A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [ Western U. S.]

Camber Cam"ber noun [ Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to French cambrer to vault, to bend, from Latin camerare to arch over, from camera vault, arch. See Chamber , and confer Camerate .] 1. (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

2. (Architecture) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback .

Camber arch (Architecture) , an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. -- Camber beam (Architecture) , a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

Camber Cam"ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cambered ; present participle & verbal noun Cambering .] To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.

Camber Cam"ber intransitive verb To curve upward.

Camberkeeled Cam"ber·keeled adjective (Nautical) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

Cambial Cam"bi·al adjective [ Late Latin cambialis , from cambiars . See Change .] Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [ R.]

Cambist Cam"bist noun [ French cambiste , Italian cambista , from Latin cambire to exchange. See Change .] A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

Cambistry Cam"bist·ry noun The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

Cambium Cam"bi·um noun [ Late Latin cambium exchange, from Latin cambire to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.] 1. (Botany) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.

2. (Medicine) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. Dunglison.

Camblet Cam"blet noun See Camlet .

Camboge Cam·boge" noun See Gamboge .

Camboose Cam·boose" noun (Nautical) See Caboose .

Cambrasine Cam"bra·sine noun A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

Cambrel Cam"brel noun See Gambrel , noun , 2. Wright.

Cambria Cam"bri·a noun The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

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