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Cal`ibra"*tion (?), n. The
process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer
tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more
generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in
any graduated instrument.

Cal"ice (?), n. [See
Calice.] See Chalice.

Cal"i*cle (?), n. [L.
caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf
Calycle.] (Zoöl.) (a) One
of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders,
covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp.
(b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the
zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian.
[Written also calycle. See Calycle.]

Cal"i*co (?), n.; pl.
Calicoes (#). [So called because first imported
from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but
which receives distinctive names according to quality and use,
as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached
calicoes, etc. [Eng.]

The importation of printed or stained
colicoes appears to have been coeval with the
establishment of the East India Company

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