- (v.i.) To reduce to a powder or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
- (v.i.) To be converted into a powder or friable substance or into a calx, by the action of heat.
- (v.i.) To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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