<hw>Cal`en*da"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.</def>
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<hw>Cal"en*da*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Calendarial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Calender</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw>Cal"en*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>calandre</ets>, LL. <ets>calendra</ets>, corrupted fr. L. <ets>cylindrus</ets> a cylinder, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Cylinider</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who pursues the business of calendering.</def>
<blockquote>My good friend the <b>calender</b>. <i>Cawper.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Cal"en*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Calendered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Calendering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>calandrer</ets>. See <er>Calender</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.</def>
<i>Ure.</i>
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<hw>Cal"en*der</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>qalender</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.</def>
<h1>Calendographer</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw>Cal`en*dog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Calendar</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets> + <ets>er</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who makes calendars.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Calendrer</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw>Cal"en*drer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who calenders cloth; a calender.</def>
<h1>Calendric, Calendrical</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw><hw>Ca*len"dric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*len"dric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt>, <def>Of or pertaining to a calendar.</def>
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<hw>Cal"ends</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kalendes</ets> month, calends, AS. <ets>calend</ets> month, fr. L. <ets>calendae</ets>; akin to <ets>calare</ets> to call, proclaim, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/. CF. <er>Claim</er>.]</ety> <def>The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kalends</asp>.]</altsp>
<cs><col>The Greek calends</col>, <cd>a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.</cd></cs>
<h1>Calendula</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw>Ca*len"du*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>calendae</ets> calends.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, <spn>Calendula officinalis</spn>, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.</def>
<h1>Calendulin</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw>Ca*len"du*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.</def>
<h1>Calenture</h1> <Xpage=204>
<hw>Cal"en*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>calenture</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>calenture</ets> heat, fever, fr. <ets>calentar</ets> to heat, fr. p. pr. of L. <ets>calere to be warm</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.</def>
<h1>Calenture</h1> <Xpage=204>
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