Calender

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  • noun. A machine in which paper or cloth is made smooth and glossy by being pressed through rollers.
  • transitive verb. To press (paper or cloth) in the rollers of such a machine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To press in a calender, as cloth or paper.
  • noun. An obsolete corrupt form of coliander for coriander.
  • noun. A lark. See calandra, 1.
  • noun. A weevil.
  • noun. One of an order of dervishes founded in the fourteenth century by an Andalusian Arab named Yusuf, who was expelled from the order of Bektashis on account of his extreme arrogance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.
  • noun. One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
  • noun. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
  • noun. One who pursues the business of calendering.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Common misspelling of calendar.
  • noun. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
  • noun. One who pursues the business of calendering.
  • verb. To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine.
  • noun. One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets
  • noun. a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
  • Word Usage
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