a. Obs. rare–1. [a. med.L. calcine-us (f. calx lime) + -OUS.] Of the nature of quick-lime; caustic.
1660. trans. Paracelsus’ Archidoxis, I. VI. 86. How acute or Calcineous soever it be; for ’tis by that acuity alone that it Operates upon that which resists it.
