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Found 4 hits - Term: calces, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calces \cal"ces\, n. pl.
   see calx.
   1913 webster
see also:
calx 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calx \calx\, n.; pl. e. calxes, l. calces. l. calx, calcis.
   limestone; cf. gr. ? gravel. ?, ?, pebble, skr. ? gravel, ir.
   carraic rock gael. carraig, w. careg, stone. cf. chalk.
   1913 webster
   1. chem.
      a quicklime. obs.
      b the substance which remains when a metal or mineral
          has been subjected to calcination or combustion by
          heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine
          powder.
          1913 webster

   note: metallic calxes are now called oxides.
         1913 webster

   2. broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.
see also:
calxes calces chalk 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
calces
     see calx
see also:
calx 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
calx
     n : a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
         hydroxide syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calcined
         lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
     also: calces pl
see also:
calcium oxide quicklime lime calcined lime fluxing lime unslaked lime 
burnt lime calces 

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