Often with initial capital: the first day of a month / (historical, Ancient Rome) the first day of a month of the Roman calendar. / (by extension) A day for settling debts and other accounts.

(obsolete, rare) plural of calend

One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.

Obsolete form of calendar. / Misspelling of calendar.

To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender.

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.

simple past tense and past participle of calender

The process of pressing paper, etc. in a calender.

present participle of calender

plural of calender