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n. Same as Alkahest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Alcaïcus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. alcalde, fr. Ar. al-qādī judge, fr. qada to decide, judge. Hence, the cadi of the Turks. Cf. Cadi. ] A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sometimes confounded with Alcaid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. Alcaldía. ] The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Alkalimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. alcana, alhe&unr_;a, fr. Ar. al-hinnā. See Henna, and cf. Alkanet. ] (Bot.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alcarrazas. /plu> [ Sp., from Ar. al-kurrāz earthen vessel. ] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ /mhw>, n. [ Sp. alcaide, fr. Ar. al-qāīd governor, fr. qāda to lead, govern. ] 1. A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The warden, or keeper of a jail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Alcaid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ fr. Ar. al the + qacr (in pl.) a castle. ] A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + calcarate. ] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n.; pl. E. -neums, L. -nea. [ L. the heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel. ] (Anal.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Armed with a spur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.Consisting of, or containing, calcareous and siliceous earths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx. ] Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calcareous spar. Same as Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being calcareous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calcarius of lime + -ferous. ] Lime-yielding; calciferous [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [ Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Cavalier, Cavalry. ] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade. [ 1913 Webster ]

He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chalcanthum a solution of blue vitriol, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Min.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

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1. (Zool.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defalcating. ] [ LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion. ] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [ the estimates ]. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. “Some partner defalcating, or the like.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. defalcatio: cf. F. défalcation. ] 1. A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A defaulter or embezzler. [ Modern ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., ultimately fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe. ] (Man.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe. ] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943), in which American forces invaded the island of Guadalcanal, then occupied by Japanese forces; the island was recaptured by American forces after heavy fighting.
Syn. -- battle of Guadalcanal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Geol.) Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of silica and calcareous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]