calcar

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cal=car

CIDE DICTIONARY

calcar, n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.].

 A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]

calcar, n. [L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.].

•  A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.  [1913 Webster]
•  A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.  [1913 Webster]
•  A spur, or spurlike prominence.  [1913 Webster]