About The Word Calcar
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What's The Definition Of Calcar?Synonyms | Synonyms for Calcar: Related Terms | Find terms related to Calcar: See Also | Calcar In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"car\, n. [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.
\Cal"car\, n.; 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. |
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