calces

American  

[kal-seez] / ˈkæl siz /

noun

1. a plural of calx.

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calces British  

/ ˈkælsiːz /

noun

1. a plural of calx

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Example Sentences

These calces therefore, when mixed with the enamel flux, are melted in crucibles, once or oftener, and the deep coloured opake glass, thence resulting, is ground into unpalpable powder, and used for enamel.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

Now they triumphantly asked, Why, when metals dissolve in diluted vitriolic or muriatic acid with evolution of inflammable air, are calces of these metals produced?

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)

But Cavendish instituted a series of experiments which proved that no fixed air could be obtained from metallic calces.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)

Qui terram colunt equi paleis pascuntur, qui otiantur caballi avena saginantur, discalceatus discurrit qui calces aliis facit.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

Oils dissolve the calces of lead, which, by this means, is the basis of paints, plaisters, &c.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph