Obs. [f. med.L. calcinat- ppl. stem of calcināre.] = CALCINE.

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1559.  Morwyng, Evonym., 352. Sum put Tartarum to be calcinated in a newe pot in a potters ouen.

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1598.  Florio, Calcinare, to calcinate.

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1610.  Markham, Masterp., II. lxxix. 355. Other Farriers vse to calcinate Tartar, and dissolue it in water.

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1626.  Bacon, Sylva, § 87. The Heat hath these degrees; First it Indurateth; and then maketh Fragile; And lastly it doth Incinerate and Calcinate.

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  Hence Calcinated, Calcinating ppl. adjs.

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1611.  Cotgr., Calcinatoire, calcinatorie, calcinating.

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1615.  Daniel, Queen’s Arcad. (1717), 185. He sucks Out of a little hollow instrument Of calcinated Clay, the Smoak thereof.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Cinnaber, made of calcinated Sulphur and Quick-silver.

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