Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CALP
CA-LOY'ERS, or CA-LO'GE-RICAL'TROP
CALP, n.
A subspecies of carbonate of lime, of a bluish black, gray or grayish blue, but its streak is white, called also Argillo-ferruginous limestone. It is intermediate between compact limestone and marl. – Kirwan. Cleaveland. Phillips.
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