See Also: calcine(medicine)
calcine(dictionary)

tartaret (iou) and calcine (iou)


tartaret (iou)



tartaret noun. rare. L16.
[French tartaret, -ot, app. so called because supposed to come from Tartary.]
In full tartaret falcon. The Barbary falcon, Falco pelegrinoides.

calcine (iou)



calcine verb. LME.
[Old French calciner or medieval Latin calcinare, from late Latin calcina lime, from Latin calc-, CALX.]
verb trans.
a. Reduce by roasting or burning to quicklime or a similar friable substance or powder. LME.
b. gen. Burn to ashes, consume by fire; roast. E17.
c. fig. Consume or purify as if by fire. M17-E18.
verb intrans. Undergo any of these processes. E18.
V. S. Naipaul In the dry season the earth baked, cracked, and calcined.
cal'cinable adjective M17.
cal'ciner noun (a) rare a person who calcines; (b) a kiln or Other apparatus for calcining: M17.