The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calcining
Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.]
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.
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
Wiktionary
calcining
vb. (present participle of calcine English)
Usage examples of "calcining".
Thus, though the fire burns the wood in calcining the stones, these contrary effects do not result from the contrariety of the materials.