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Calefacient
Calefacient Cal`e*fa"cient, a. [L. calefaciens p. pr. of calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make.] Making warm; heating. [R.]
Calefacient
Calefacient Cal`e*fa"cient, n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
Calefactive
Calefactive Cal`e*fac"tive, a. See Calefactory. [R.]
Calefactor
Calefactor Cal`e*fac"tor, n. A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.
Calefactory
Calefactory Cal`e*fac"to*ry, a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
Calefactory
Calefactory Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n. 1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room. 2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with.
Calefied
Calefy Cal"e*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Calefying.] [L. calere to be warm + -fy] To make warm or hot.
Calefy
Calefy Cal"e*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Calefying.] [L. calere to be warm + -fy] To make warm or hot.
Calefy
Calefy Cal"e*fy, v. i. To grow hot or warm. --Sir T. Browne.
Calefying
Calefy Cal"e*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Calefying.] [L. calere to be warm + -fy] To make warm or hot.

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- Calef is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Haskell Calef (1841–1912), American artillery officer Nancy Calef, American figurative...
- Robert Calef (baptized 2 November 1648 – 13 April 1719) was a cloth merchant in colonial Boston. He was the author of More Wonders of the Invisible World...
- Nancy Calef is a contemporary American figurative painter, illustrator and author. Her work is distinguished by the technique of sculpting off the canvas...
- John Haskell Calef (September 24, 1841 – January 4, 1912) was a career artillery officer in the United States Army, and a veteran of the American Civil...
- George Calef is a Canadian wildlife biologist, author and photographer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1981...
- Henri Calef (20 July 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director. Jericho (1946) The Royalists (1947) Crossroads of P****ion (1948)...
- Stanley Calef Wilson (September 10, 1879 – October 5, 1967) was an American politician, attorney, and businessman from Vermont. He served as the 57th...
- writing campaign from a Boston wool merchant named Robert Calef. Among other things, Calef criticized them for suggesting "that hanging or chaining" a...
- The Dr. John Calef House is a historic house at 7 Poplar Street in Ipswich, M****achusetts. It is a well-preserved example of a First Period house with...
- December 24, 2014. Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World Part 5, p. 143. Francis 2005, pp. 181–182 Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible...