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Ca*lig"i*nous (?), a. [L.
caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux.] Affected with
darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.]
Blount.

The caliginous regions of the air.

Hallywell.

-- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. --
Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n.

||Ca*li"go (?), n. [L., darkness.]
(Med.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon
a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

Cal`i*graph"ic (?), a. See
Calligraphic.

Ca*lig"ra*phy (?), n. See
Caligraphy.

||Ca"lin (?), n. [F., fr. Malay
kelany tin, or fr. Kala'a, a town in India, fr.
which it came.] An alloy of lead and tin, of which the
Chinese make tea canisters.

Cal`i*pash" (?), n. [F.
carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf Calarash,
Carapace.] A part of a turtle which is next to the
upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a
dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations
of turtle.


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