Definition of pedal

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Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..

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Tripedal :: Tripedal (a.) Having three feet.
Sesquipedalian :: Sesquipedalian (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words..
Pedalian :: Pedalian (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal..
Mane :: Mane (n.) The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse..
Bipedal :: Bipedal (n.) Having two feet; biped.
Sesquipedal :: Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalia.
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Ten feet in length.
Pedial :: Pedial (a.) Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
Quadrupedal :: Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A pedal curve or surface.
Fissipedal :: Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves..
Subbeadle :: Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass..
Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..
Bipedal :: Bipedal (n.) Pertaining to a biped.
Pedality :: Pedality (n.) The act of measuring by paces.
Sesquipedalianism :: Sesquipedalianism (n.) Alt. of Sesquipedalis.
Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
Pedomotive :: Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
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