Definition of pedal

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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..

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Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
Pedalian :: Pedalian (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal..
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..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A pedal curve or surface.
Sesquipedalianism :: Sesquipedalianism (n.) Alt. of Sesquipedalis.
Sesquipedalism :: Sesquipedalism (n.) Sesquipedality.
Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..
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..
Subbeadle :: Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass..
Quadrupedal :: Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Harp :: Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers..
Sesquipedal :: Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalia.
Bipedal :: Bipedal (n.) Pertaining to a biped.
Tripedal :: Tripedal (a.) Having three feet.
Bipedal :: Bipedal (n.) Having two feet; biped.
Sesquipedalian :: Sesquipedalian (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words..
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
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..
Pedial :: Pedial (a.) Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal..
Manual :: Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys..
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