Meaning of calendry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The calculation and development of calendars, especially the determination of the timing of astronomical movements.
   uncountable, usually
2. A place set aside for calendering.
3. A specialized calendar or set of calendars.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“It attained to cities, kingdoms, most metallurgical arts, some astronomy and calendry, and extraordinarily complex rituals.”

“Li Chunfeng mastered all sorts of subjects in youth and was an expert at calendry.”

“He will not again decorate his room with cheap prints and art calendry.”

““Peak day” means that day during a calendry when demand is the greatest;”

“And over these is spread a calendry, resembling a tent, made of wax-cloth, or oil-cloth, to defend them from rain and the heat of the sun.”

“The bustle, the dexterity, the alert force of the iron foundry, the glass furnace, the gunpowder mill, the silk calendry are as skilfully reproduced as the more tranquil toil of the dairywoman, the embroiderer, the confectioner, the setter of types, the compounder of drugs, the chaser of metals.”

“Improvements have been effected here in the methods of work and in the arrangement of the sorting room, wash house, calendry, and drying, packing and despatch rooms.”

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