calx

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calx englannista suomeksi

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).
(RQ:Erasmus Darwin Zoonomia) The real calx of biſmuth would probably have the ſame ill effect.
{{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Robert E Schofield|title=The Enlightened Joseph Priestley|publisher=Pennsylvania State University|page=179
In the Eton College 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.
limestone
chalk
the line
heel (qualifier)

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