calcimeter (kalsimeter)

[L. calx ( cale- ), lime, + metrum, measure.] An apparatus invented by Scheibler for testing bone-dust and other materials for lime. calcimine (kal'si-min or -min), n. [L. calz (calc-), lime, + -mine for inc2.] A superior kind of white or tinted wash for the walls of rooms, ceilings, etc. Incorrectly, kalsomine. side of America, from the Strait of Magellan to Mexico. They are distinguished by a peculiar corolla with two deeply saccate lips, the lower one the larger. Several species have long been cultivated as house and bedding-plants, and have now become very greatly modifled by hybridization. The roots of C. a rach no idea, the parent of many of our hybrids, are used in Chili for dyeing woolen cloth crimson, under the name of relbun. The plant is sometimes called slipperwort. calceolate (kal'sē-ō-lāt), a. [L. calceolus , dim. of calceus , a shoe: see calceate , v.] Same as calceiform . calcariferous (kal-ka-rif'e-rus), a. [Improp. calcar i us , of lime, + ferre = E. bear1 . The proper form is calciferous , q. v. In geol . and ic.] Of or pertaining to lime; conta calces, n. Plural of calx2 . calcic (kal's ik), a. [L. calx ( calc- ), lime, + mineral ., lime-yielding: as, calcariferous strata. of lime, which is deposited as a crust of calcareous tufa. applied to petrifying springs carbonate [Rare.]