pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
(noun) a lever that is operated with the foot
treadle
(verb) operate (machinery) by a treadle
treadle
(verb) tread over; “the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
treadle (plural treadles)
A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
(biology) Chalaza.
treadle (third-person singular simple present treadles, present participle treadling, simple past and past participle treadled)
(intransitive) To use a treadle.
• Aldrete, alerted, altered, redealt, related
Source: Wiktionary
Trea"dle, n. Etym: [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See Tread.]
1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
