Calender

Quick meaning: Calender is a noun meaning One who pursues the business of calendering.

Meaning

One who pursues the business of calendering.

More Meanings

1. Misspelling of calendar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Alternative spelling of qalandar.
5. Obsolete form of calendar.

Example Sentences

[…]and maruell it is, that for this cauſe he was not ſainted in the Roman Calender.

He brought out the placard, which was quite a work of art. It was nearly two feet long, printed on calendered paper, with a selection of colors so bright that they shone even in the moonlight.

To theſe the D. of Wittenberge and the Senate of Ulme ioyned their Embaſſadors, who the 4. day of Iune, which according to the Gregorian Calender was the 14. doo ſo arbitrate the matter, that al faults remitted, they after that throghout the whole Citie, ſhould follow the new Calender, which ſhould be kept in policies, and both the Churches of Religion.

Word Forms

• calenders
• calendering
• calendered

Synonyms for calender

Depending on context, synonyms include calenderer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glazed, glossy, shiny, timeframe, schedule, civilian.

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