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Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu.

Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.

d, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.

The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.

To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." Job xxi. 10.

To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.] For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats. Massinger.

Snapdragon.

The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. "Calvinistic training." Lowell.

To convert to Calvinism.

Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon.

The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.

Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.

A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

Calyculate.

A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.