a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. calēns, calēnt-em pr. pple. of calēre to be hot.] Warm, hot.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 485. Stiled with the same epethites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æstiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot [etc.].
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1725. in Ash.
