Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Calcar \Cal"car\, n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis,
   lime. See {Calx}.] (Glass manuf.)
   A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the
   calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into
   frit. --Ure.

Calcar \Cal"car\, n.; L. pl. {Calcaria}. [L., a spur, as worn on
   the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the
   heel.]
   1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or
      corolla.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of
      bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the
      web, in flight.

   3. (Anat.)
      (a) A spur, or spurlike prominence.
      (b) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle
          of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or
          ergot.