Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pink, odorless, tasteless powder of zinc oxide with a small amount of ferric oxide, dissolved in mineral oils and used in skin lotions.
- noun An alloy composed of lead, tin, and zinc.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alkaloid contained in the rhizome of sweet-flag, Acorus Calamus, and found to be identical with choline.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A pale pink powdered form of
zinc oxide used inskin lotions - noun The
zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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F.S. Beudant in 1832 restricted the name calamine to the hydrous silicate and proposed the name
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The name calamine (G.rman, _G.lmei_), from _lapis calaminaris_, a Latin corruption of cadmia ([G.eek: kadmia]), the old name for zinc ores in general (G. Agricola in 1546 derived it from the Latin _calamus_, a reed), was early used indiscriminately for the carbonate and the hydrous silicate of zinc, and even now both species are included by miners under the same term.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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I can see she’s being bathed in calamine and baking soda there …
Because The Year Just Wouldn’t Have Been Complete Without A Pestilence | Her Bad Mother 2006
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The remaining part amounting to i* confifts of fomc impurities, which have been picked out or ivalhcd away, and of fome portion of the me - tallic parts of the calamine, which is inflamed jind driven off during calcination.
A view of the present state of Derbyshire; with an account of its most remarkable antiquities 1789
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· applying lotions such as calamine that are soothing and prevent the skin from becoming too dry
Chapter 6 1993
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Outside the tent, there is a "help yourself" first-aid station with bandages, antacid, witch hazel, calamine lotion and vitamins.
Medical Triage at Encampment Jessica Firger 2011
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The real inflation story is here in the U.S. For us, China's inflation is the canary in the calamine.
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The real inflation story is here in the U.S. For us, China's inflation is the canary in the calamine.
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I got a terrible sunburn in Damascus once, and because I did not know the Arabic word for calamine, I treated my burn with a substance that I now believe was hummus.
What's Your Problem? 2009
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The only real way to deal with such ulcers is to wrap the affected area in what's known as Unna Boots -- gauze bandages soaked in either zinc oxide paste, or a blend of zinc oxide paste and calamine lotion; the later is what I have.
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