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A dialectal form of qualm. Sick of a calm . Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. calmant (kal'mant), n. [F. calmant , ppr. of calmer, to calm: see calm1 .] A quieting medicine or other therapeutic agent. calmative (kal'ma-tiv), a. and n. [ agent; a soothing remedy. Where there is exhaustive mania, with high excitement and cerebral anæmia, wine or whiskey I have always found to be the best calmative and soporific. E. C. Mann , Psychol. Med., p. 233. calm-belt (käm'belt), n. A zone or region embracing from four to six degrees of latitude parallel to the equator, characterized by the prevalence of calms during the greater part of the year. Panama is within the equatorial calm - belt , where the periodical calms continue ten or eleven months in the Science , IV. 435. year. =Syn. Indifference , Insensibility , etc. (see apathy ), quietude, serenity, repose, composure, placidne , peaceful Cal muck, n. See Kalmuck . calmy (kä'mi), a. [A poet. extension of calm1 , a.; or calm1 , n. Cf. stilly, a.] Calm; tranquil; peaceful. [Poetical.] A still and calmy bay. Tezcuco's calmy lake. Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 30. Southey. calo-. [NL., καλλι-, combining form of καλός, beautiful: see call i-.] See call i-. Calo chroma, n. See Call i chroma . Calo dendron (kal-o-den'dron), n. [NL., δένδρον , a tree.] A genus of beautiful Diosma-like Cape Colony trees, natural order Rutaceæ . C. Capense is an evergreen tree 40 feet high, with beautiful flowers and foliage. Its shining black seeds are used for necklaces, etc. Calœnas (ka-lē'nas), n. [NL., καλός , beautiful, + oivás , a wild pigeon pigeon of the color of ripening grapes (the wild wil pigeon, Columba ænas, or the rock-dove, C. livia ), οίνη , the (grape-) vine; cf. olvos , wine: see vine , wine .] A remarkable genus of pigeons, containing a single species, Calænas nicobarica , the Nico- bar pigeon, with long, acumi- Nicobar Pigeon ( Calanas nicobarica). nate, pendulous feathers on the neck like the IMG:content-2952.png:[blocks in formation]