Cal cavalla

A Portuguese sweet wine, highly es teemed. Cal'ceated, a. [ Lat.calceatus.] Shod; fitted with shoes. Calced on'ic, Calced on i an, a. See CHALCEDONIC. from Amador, and the Stanislaus River from Tuolumne Cal'cedony, Calced onyx, Cal'cedon, n. Seo co. Bear Mountain, a rocky, wooded range, about 2,000 feet high, strikes northward acro the middle of the co., dividing this central portion into two sections, the lower of which includes a rich copper-mining district, and also many valuable quartz lodes. Placer mining is profitably conducted in a number of localities. Through an elaborate system of canals this co. is generally well supplied with water. Agriculture, viniculture, and stock-raising receive a good deal of attention in C. Its magnificent grove of mammoth trees ( Sequoiæ gigantæ) is a great center of attraction for visitors. Cap . San Andreas. Pop . in 1897, about 9,200. Calcaire-gro ier, ( kāl - kaire - gros'se - ai .) [Fr.,coarse limestone.] ( Geol .) An important member of the Eocene group of beds in the Paris basin, usually coördinated with the Barton, Bagshot, and Brack les ham beds of England. A compact silicious limestone called Calcaire - silicieux (flinty limestone), takes sometimes the place of the Calcaire-gro ier, in the same basin.