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.
One who pursues the business of calendering.
One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation
To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
To remove the horns of (an animal).
To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
To impose a tax upon.
To pay as one's personal tax.
To cut the hair of (a creature).
To vote at an election.
To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
To be judged in a poll.
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
A pet parrot.
A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
Bred without horns, and thus hornless.