Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAL-E-FAC'TION,

1. n . [L. calefactio, from calefacio, to make warm. See Calefy.]
2. The act or operation of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by the communication of heat from other bodies. – Encyc.
3. The state of being heated. – Johnson.