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Webster 1913 Edition
Calcine
Cal-cine′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Calciden
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Calcining
.] 1.
To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
2.
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
Cal-cine′
,Verb.
I.
To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
“Calcining without fusion” Newton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Calcine
CALCINE
, v.t.1.
To reduce a substance to a powder or to a friable state, by the action of heat; or to expel from a substance some volatile matter, combined with it, or forming its cementing principle, as the carbonic acid from limestone, or the water of crystalization from salts.2.
To oxydize, as a metal; to reduce to a metallic calx.3.
To dissolve; to destroy the principles which unite.CALCINE
,Verb.
I.