n. One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, used in blending.
n. [ F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Cylinider. ]
My good friend the calender. Cawper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. [ Per. qalender. ] One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A strainer. See Colander. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See 3d Calender. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who lends. [ 1913 Webster ]
The borrower is servant to the lender. Prov. xxii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. (Far.) Same as Malanders. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
n. pl. [ F. solandres, solandre. ] (Far.) An eruption on the hind leg of a horse.
On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called “mallenders” in the fore leg, and “sallenders” in the hind leg. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Slender. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
They have inferred much from slender premises. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The slender utterance of the consonants. J. Byrne. [ 1913 Webster ]
A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Frequent begging makes slender alms. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
The good Ostorius often deigned
To grace my slender table with his presence. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]
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