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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.]

A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.

Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

See Calorificient.

Having a plump, short face.

The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]

f different bodies into one mass by fusion. The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon.

Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl.

Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.

White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson. So by fa…

The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n.

ns. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison.