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Kalender :: Kalender (n.) See 3d Calender.

Calender :: Calender (n.) To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc..

Calender :: Calender (n.) One who pursues the business of calendering.

Glazer :: Glazer (n.) One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like..

Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To calender; as, to plate paper..

Water :: Water (v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6..

Calender :: Calender (n.) One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.

Plater :: Plater (n.) A machine for calendering paper.

Gloss :: Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss..

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel..

Calendered :: Calendered (imp. & p. p.) of Calende.

Moire :: Moire (n.) Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering..

Tabby :: Tabby (v. t.) To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc..

Calender :: Calender (n.) 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..

Calendering :: Calendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calende.

Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering..

Calendrer :: Calendrer (n.) A person who calenders cloth; a calender.

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