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 Cal·cine v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.]
 1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
 2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.