Calcimine

[From calz.] A superior kind of white or colored wash for walls. -v. a. To wash walls with calcimine. Calci'nable, a. [From the verb CALCINE.] Capable of being calcined; susceptible to calcination. Cal'cinate, v . a . Same as CALCINE, q. v. Calcina'tion, n. [From Lat. calz , lime.] ( Chem . ) The proce of subjecting a body to the action of fire, to drive off the volatile parts, whereby it is reduced to a condition that it may be converted into a powder thus marble is converted into lime by expelling the carbonio acid and water; and gypsum, alum, borax, and other saline bodies are said to be calcined when they are deprived of their water of crystallization. ( Metal .) To oxidize metal into a calx. Calcin'atory, n . An apparatus used in calcination. Calcine, ( kal -sen',) v. a. [Fr. calciner , from Lat. calz , calcis , a stone, lime, chalk.] To reduce a substance to a calx or powder, or to a friable state; as, to calcine a bone. -To oxidize into a metallic calx -v. i. To be converted by heat into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx. Cal'ciner, n. The person, or thing, that calcines. Cal'cite, n. [Lat. calx , lime.] ( Min . ) A general term under which are comprised the different varieties of carbonate of lime.