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calcar

N เดือย  ส่วน ที่ คล้าย ของ เรือ 

 

calcareous

A ส่วนประกอบ ที่ คล้าย หินปูน หรือ แคลเซียม คาร์บอเนต  คล้าย หินปูน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALCAR

n.In glass works, a kind of oven, or reverberating furnace, used for the calcination of sand and salt of potash, and converting them into frit.

 

CALCARATE

a.Furnished with a spur; as a calcarate corol, in larksupr; a calcarate nectary, a nectary resembling a cocks spur.

 

CALCARIO-SULPHUROUS

a.[See Calx and Sulphur. ] Having lime and sulphur in combination, or partaking of both.

 

CALCARIOUS

a.Partaking of the nature of lime; having the qualities of lime; as calcarious earth or stone.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALCAR

Cal "car, n. Etym: [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx. ] (Glass manuf.)

 

Defn: A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure.

 

CALCAR

Cal "car, n.; L. pl. Calcaria. Etym: [L., a pur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

 

3. (Anat. ) (a ) A spur, or spurlike prominence. (b ) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

 

CALCARATE; CALCARATED

Cal "ca *rate, Cal "ca *ra `ted, a. Etym: [LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Armed with a spur.

 

CALCAREO-ARGILLACEOUS

CALCAREO-ARGILLACEOUS Cal *ca "re *o-ar `gil *la "ceous, a.

 

Defn: consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

 

CALCAREO-BITUMINOUS

CALCAREO-BITUMINOUS Cal *ca "re *o-bi *tu "mi *nous, a.

 

Defn: Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.

 

CALCAREO-SILICEOUS

CALCAREO-SILICEOUS Cal *ca "re *o-si *li "ceous, a.

 

Defn: Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.

 

CALCAREOUS

Cal *ca "re *ous, a. Etym: [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx. ]

 

Defn: Partaking of the nature ofcalcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containg, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. Clcareous spar. See as Calcite.

 

CALCAREOUSNESS

CALCAREOUSNESS Cal *ca "re *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: Quality of being calcareous.

 

CALCARIFEROUS

Cal `ca *rif "er *ous, a. Etym: [L. calcarius of lime + ferous. ]

 

Defn: Lime-yielding; calciferous

 

CALCARINE

CALCARINE Cal "ca *rine, a. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

calcareous

cal car e ous |kalˈke (ə )rēəs kælˈkɛriəs | adjective containing calcium carbonate; chalky. Ecology (of vegetation ) occurring on chalk or limestone. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin calcarius (from calx, calc- lime ) + -eous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

calcareous

calcareous |kalˈkɛːrɪəs | adjective containing calcium carbonate; chalky. Ecology (of vegetation ) occurring on chalk or limestone. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin calcarius (from calx, calc- lime ) + -eous .

 

Spanish Dictionary

calcar

calcar verbo transitivo 1 Realizar la copia exacta de un escrito, dibujo, etc. , por contacto del original con el papel, tela u otro soporte de superficie lisa al que ha de ser trasladada; se puede llevar a cabo mediante un procedimiento manual (sobre papel carbón o sobre papel transparente siguiendo el contorno de los objetos que se quiere representar ) o mediante un procedimiento mecánico .2 Copiar, imitar o reproducir fielmente una cosa :calcar el estilo de un escritor .ETIMOLOGÍA Voz patrimonial del latín calcare pisar ’. Antiguamente designaba ‘apretar con el pie ’ y de ahí ‘sacar copia por ser la pisada un calco del pie. A la misma familia etimológica latina pertenecen calcañar , conculcar e inculcar (V.). Conjugación [1 ] como sacar .

 

calcáreo, -rea

calcáreo, -rea adjetivo Que contiene calcio :relieves calcáreos; grutas calcáreas; suelos calcáreos; terrenos calcáreos; rocas calcáreas .SINÓNIMO calar, calizo .