calciner (s.xiv1/3)
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calciner (s.xiv1/3)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 2/i,109a calx; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,410b calciner; TL: ∅; DEAF:  calciner; DMF:  calciner; TLF:  calciner; OED:  calcine v.; MED:  calcinen v.; DMLBS: 242b calcinare ]
 

v.a.

1alchem.lapid.metalto calcine, to burn (a mineral or metal) in order to reduce it to its purest or most refined constituents: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pus metez in furno reverberacionis et calcinez le byen si la ke il seyt tot blonk  380.6
calcinaciun  calcinatorie  chauz#1 
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