Obs. [f. med.L. calcinat- ppl. stem of calcināre.] = CALCINE.
1559. Morwyng, Evonym., 352. Sum put Tartarum to be calcinated in a newe pot in a potters ouen.
1598. Florio, Calcinare, to calcinate.
1610. Markham, Masterp., II. lxxix. 355. Other Farriers vse to calcinate Tartar, and dissolue it in water.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 87. The Heat hath these degrees; First it Indurateth; and then maketh Fragile; And lastly it doth Incinerate and Calcinate.
Hence Calcinated, Calcinating ppl. adjs.
1611. Cotgr., Calcinatoire, calcinatorie, calcinating.
1615. Daniel, Queens Arcad. (1717), 185. He sucks Out of a little hollow instrument Of calcinated Clay, the Smoak thereof.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Cinnaber, made of calcinated Sulphur and Quick-silver.