Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calefacient"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calefacient \Cal`e*fa"cient\, a. [L. calefaciens p. pr. of
calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make.]
Making warm; heating. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calefacient \Cal`e*fa"cient\, n.
A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is
applied, as mustard.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calefacient
adj : producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a
mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {warming}]
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