Calcining

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calcine \Cal*cine"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calciden}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Calcining}.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime.
     See {Calx}.]
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     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.
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     2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to
        a metallic calx.
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