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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 ]

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 ]