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calx

/kælks/

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From Latin calx (“lime”). Doublet of cauk and chalk.

noun calces · calxes

historical The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation). [S]ome ladies apply to what are termed coſmetics under various names, which crowd the newspapers. Of theſe the white has deſtroyed the health of thouſands; a calx, or magiſtery, of biſmuth is ſuppoſed to be ſold in the ſhops for this purpoſe; but it is either, I am informed, in part or entirely whit
In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.

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noun substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt

Русский	ока́лина okálina

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@misc{calx_2026,
  title = {calx},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calx},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}