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Calx   Listen
noun
Calx  n.  (pl. E. calxes, L. calces)  
1.
(Chem.)
(a)
Quicklime. (Obs.)
(b)
The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder. Note: Metallic calxes are now called oxides.
2.
Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.





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"Calx" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the parish stands Aston-furnace, appropriated for melting ironstone, and reducing it into pigs: this has the appearance of great antiquity. From the melted ore, in this subterranean region of infernal aspect, is produced a calx, or cinder, of which there is an enormous mountain. From an attentive survey, the observer would suppose so prodigious a heap could not accumulate in one hundred generations; however, it shows no perceptible addition in ...
— An History of Birmingham (1783) • William Hutton


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