Cak"ing coal` (?). See Coal.
Cal (?), n. (Cornish Mines) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds.
Cal"a*bar (?), n. A district on the west coast of Africa.
Calabar bean, The of a climbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.
Cal"a*bar*ine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
Cal"a*bash (kăl"&adot;*băsh), n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calabaša, cabaša (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).