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calcitrate, v.|ˈkælsɪtreɪt|
[f. L. calcitrāt- ppl. stem of calcitrā-re to strike with the heels, kick, f. calc-em heel; cf. obs. F. calcitrer (Cotgr.).]
trans. and intr. To kick.
1623Cockeram, Calcitrate, to kicke, or wince. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 179 Calcitrate, kick. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. xiii. (1737) 54 The Filly..began to spurn it, to calcitrate it. 1832Fraser's Mag. V. 242 They erect an idol..which the succeeding generations, each for itself, calcitrates and heels over. |