calx

English

/kælks/

noun
Definitions
  • (now) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
  • In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calx (heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar).

Origin

Latin

calx

Gloss

heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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