The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The calciums had gradually been turning to the blue of moonlight, and now, at the back of the stage, Venus arose, veiled in a mist of foam.
From The Title Market by J. H. Gardner Soper
The picture is built up bit by bit; it is never flashed suddenly and completely as by best-seller calciums; it remains a bit dim at the end.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
"I'll take the centre of the stage, and you will order calciums for one!"
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews
It appears to me that one of the calciums had flared up and the sparks ignited the lint on the curtain.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
