† ˈcalent, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. calēns, calēnt-em pr. pple. of calēre to be hot.]
Warm, hot.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 377 Styled with the same epithets that the lion and the sun are; as heat-bearing, æstive, ardent, arent, calent, hot. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1775 in Ash. |