calcine

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Then it turns into calcine bone that’s grayish white and brittle with no organic matter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

The attempt of Gulliver scientists to calcine ice into gunpowder were not more ridiculous than trying to transform a fool into a philosopher by the alchemy of education.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

The mode of proceeding is to calcine the berry in a covered vessel, and well wash the resulting charcoal with boiling water by decantation.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Our work consisted in heating the oven in order to calcine the alabaster that we had got together in a heap.

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Decant on to a Swedish filter paper, dry and calcine.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius