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Cak"ing coal` (?). See Coal.

Cal (?), n. (Cornish Mines)
Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds.

Cal"a*bar (?), n. A district
on the west coast of Africa.

Calabar bean, The of a climbing
legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum), a native of
tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce
contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia,
and rheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being
used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.

Cal"a*bar*ine (?), n.
(Chem.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and
occurring with it in the calabar bean.

Cal"a*bash (kăl"&adot;*băsh),
n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg.
calabaça, cabaça (cf. F.
Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem.,
a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1. The
common gourd (plant or fruit).

2. The fruit of the calabash
tree.

3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or
other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or
gourd.


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