calces
a plural of calx.
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How to use calces in a sentence
Its calces are white when imperfect, but black, or dark green, when perfect.
Ut ingrediantur lubricum isti iter, impingendo stimulis calces.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignSee the section—'quomodo praeparatur tartarum, ut oleum fiat ex illo, quo calces soluuntur'; Theat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey ChaucerMetals then were regarded as compounds of calces and phlogiston.
The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2) | John Ayrton ParisBut Cavendish instituted a series of experiments which proved that no fixed air could be obtained from metallic calces.
Heroes of Science | M. M. Pattison Muir
British Dictionary definitions for calces
/ (ˈkælsiːz) /
a plural of calx
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