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n. 1. 1 a genus of elk or moose.
Syn. -- genus Alces. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aurichalcum, for orichalcum brass. ] (Zool.) Brass-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calceatus, p. p. of calceare to shoe, fr. calceus shoe, fr. calx, calcis, heel. ] Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Calceated. ] Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distinction from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chalcedony. ] A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. See Chalcedonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calceus shoe + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Calceolaria. ] Slipper-shaped. See Calceiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Calx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to chalcedony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chalcedonies [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calcédoine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony. ] (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [ Written also calcedony. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called onyx. Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh red, and sard, a brownish red variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe. ] To pull off shoes or sandals from. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced. “The foundation of houses of discalced friars.” Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. excalceatus, p. p. of excalceare to unshoe. See Calceated. ] To deprive of shoes. [ Obs. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [ Obs. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. falx, falcis, a sickle. ] (Zool.) One of the mandibles of a spider. [ 1913 Webster ]