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Calender   Listen
noun
Calender  n.  One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Calender" Quotes from Famous Books



... sheet is very poor, due to the fact that the calender stack was composed of very light rolls which did not have a satisfactory surface, yet the stack is known to be able to produce better finishes if the proper stock ...
— Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material - United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 • Lyster H. Dewey and Jason L. Merrill

... America, where personal liberty of action is most prized, time was when statutes were enacted almost putting people and business in strait-jackets. In English Norfolk as late as Henry VIII's time no one was to "dye, shear or calender" cloth except in the town of Norwich; and no one in the northern counties was to make "worsted coverlets" except in the city of York. In the reign of Elizabeth a statute was passed forbidding the eating of meat on Wednesday and Saturdays and this not on the ...
— Concerning Justice • Lucilius A. Emery



Words linked to "Calender" :   machine, calendrical



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