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2. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated
vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in
front.

3. A hood or top of a carriage which can
be thrown back at pleasure.

4. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which
could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a
carriage.

Ca`la*ve"rite (&?;), n.
(Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic
luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras
County California.

Cal*ca"ne*al (?), a. (Anal.)
Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal
arteries.

||Cal*ca"ne*um (?) n.; pl.
E. -neums, L. -nea. [L. the
heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.] (Anal.)
One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great
bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.

Cal"car (?), n. [L. calcaria
lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See
Calx.] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or
reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and
potash, and converting them into frit.


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