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Cal`e*fa"cient, n. A substance
that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as
mustard.

Cal`e*fac"tion (?), n. [L.
calefactio: cf. F. caléfaction.]
1. The act of warming or heating; the
production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by
communication of heat from other bodies.

2. The state of being heated.

Cal`e*fac"tive (?), a. See
Calefactory. [R.]

Cal`e*fac"tor (?), n. A
heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove,
etc.

Cal`e*fac"to*ry (?), a. [L.
calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or
communicating heat.

Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n.
1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a
monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with
hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather
for the priest to warm his hands with.

Cal"e*fy (?), v.


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