calender
(noun) a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
calender
(verb) press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets; “calender paper”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
calender (plural calenders)
Misspelling of calendar.
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.
One who pursues the business of calendering.
• (one in the business or trade of calendering): calendrer
calender (third-person singular simple present calenders, present participle calendering, simple past and past participle calendered)
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc, as in a calender.
calender (plural calenders)
One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cal"en*der, n. Etym: [F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. 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.
2. One who pursues the business of calendering. My good friend the calender. Cawper.
Cal"en*der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Calendering.] Etym: [Cf. F. calandrer. See Calender, n.]
Definition: To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc. Ure.
Cal"en*der, n. Etym: [Per. qalender.]
Definition: One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
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