a. Chem. [f. CALC-IUM + -IC.] Of or containing calcium; = CALCIUM attrib.
1871. Nichols, Fireside Sc., 275. Calcic carbonates.
1883. Nature, 1 Feb., 325. Precipitated calcic and magnesic phosphates.
1884. F. J. Nott, in Harper’s Mag., Aug., 442/2. The Richfield water contains so large a per cent. of lime that it may well be called a calcic-sulphur water.
