Calends

1. n. pl. The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.

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Calendula

1. n. A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

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Calendulin

1. n. A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.

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Calenture

1. v. i. To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
2. n. A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.

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Calescence

1. n. Growing warmth; increasing heat.

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Calves

1. pl. of Calf

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Calf

1. n. The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
2. n. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.
3. n. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
4. n. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
5. n. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
6. n. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.

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Calfskin

1. n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

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Cali

1. n. The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.

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Caliber

1. n. Alt. of Calibre

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