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Pronunciation : Cal"car
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.] (Glass manuf.)
Definition : Defn: A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cal"car
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., a pur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)

Defn: A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

3. (Anat.) (a) A spur, or spurlike prominence. (b) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

L. pl. Calcaria.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913