Calender

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calender \Cal"en*der\, n. [F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted
     fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. ?????????. See {Cylinider}.]
     1. 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.
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     2. One who pursues the business of calendering.
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              My good friend the calender.          --Cawper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calender \Cal"en*der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calendered}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Calendering}.] [Cf. F. calandrer. See {Calender},
     n.]
     To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and
     glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper,
     etc. --Ure.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calender \Cal"en*der\, n. [Per. qalender.]
     One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted
     dervishes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calender
       n : a machine that smoothes or glazes paper or cloth by pressing
           it between plates or passing it through rollers
       v : press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or
           thin into sheets; "calender paper"

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CALENDER, crim. law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time 
  when they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CALENDER. An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should 
  consist of 365 days, except every fourth year, which should contain 366, the 
  additional day to be reckoned by counting the twenty-fourth day of February 
  (which was the 6th of the calends of March) twice. See Bissextile is period 
  of time exceeds the solar year by eleven minutes or thereabouts, which 
  amounts to the error of a day in about 131 years. In 1582, the error 
  amounted to eleven days or more, which was corrected by Pope Gregory. Out of 
  this correction grew the distinction between Old and New Style. The 
  Gregorian or New Style was introduced into England in 1752, the 2d day of 
  September (0. S.) of that year being reckoned as the 14th day of September, 
  (N. S.) glee Almanac.