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a. [ Cf. F. alcalescent. ] Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From cock + leek. ] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky. [ 1913 Webster ]

or . A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [ Written also kail, and cale. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Kail, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.

{ } [ Gr. &unr_; beautiful + &unr_; appearance, form + &unr_; sound. ] (Physics.) An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; beautiful + e'i^dos form + -scope. ] An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope. G. W. Cable.

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Calendarial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 3d Calender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Calends. [ 1913 Webster ]