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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Harp :: Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A pedal curve or surface.
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Ten feet in length.
Semipedal :: Semipedal (a.) Containing a half foot.
Pedality :: Pedality (n.) The act of measuring by paces.
Supraprotest :: Suprapedal (a.) Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland..
Pedial :: Pedial (a.) Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal..
Organ :: Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ..
Sesquipedalism :: Sesquipedalism (n.) Sesquipedality.
Sesquipedal :: Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalia.
Quadrupedal :: Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
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..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..
Harmonium :: Harmonium (n.) A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops..
Copula :: Copula (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler..
Laelaps :: Laelaps (n.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high..
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.
Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
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