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Of or pertaining to calculi.

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute. A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. North.

Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle.

Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.

ct of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke.

Belonging to calculation. Sherwood.

To calculate [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Calculus.

Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion. Sir T. Browne.

n the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.

A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

See Calash.

The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.

A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.

Making warm; heating. [R.]

The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.

See Calefactory. [R.]