recalcinev.
/ˌriːkalˈsʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌrikælˈsaɪn/ transitive. To calcine again.In quot. 1635 figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > to high temperature > again
recalcine1635
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xv. 121 So, now the soule's sublim'd. Her sowre desires Are re-calcin'd in heav'ns well tempred Fires.
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass i. xxv Powder it [sc. brass] again, serce it fine, and Re-calcine it [It. si ritorni a calcinare].
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 376 As it would have been too tedious to re-calcine them all separately, he made four parcels of the whole.
1860 C. Tomlinson Useful Arts & Manuf. 2nd Ser. Sugar 28 It [sc. charcoal] is then taken to the retort-house and re-calcined, a process which restores all its valuable properties.
1931 Industr. & Engin. Chem. 23 995/1 It would perhaps be more satisfactory to wash the calcined material free from K2SO4 and subsequently dry (or recalcine if necessary) the product.
1985 T. Ferguson Onyx John (1988) iii. 67 Next, Daddy evaporates the liquid and recalcines the solid residue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.1635