Definition of pedal

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Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..

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Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A pedal curve or surface.
Pedality :: Pedality (n.) The act of measuring by paces.
Copula :: Copula (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler..
Fissipedal :: Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves..
Mane :: Mane (n.) The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse..
Pedomotive :: Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
Sesquipedal :: Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalia.
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..
Manual :: Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys..
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
Harmonium :: Harmonium (n.) A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops..
Velocipede :: Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle..
Laelaps :: Laelaps (n.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high..
Sesquipedalism :: Sesquipedalism (n.) Sesquipedality.
Organ :: Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ..
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Ten feet in length.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
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