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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Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
Copula :: Copula (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler..
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
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..
Pedomotive :: Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
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..
Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
Pedality :: Pedality (n.) The act of measuring by paces.
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.
Sesquipedalian :: Sesquipedalian (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words..
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Ten feet in length.
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..
Velocipede :: Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle..
Sesquipedalism :: Sesquipedalism (n.) Sesquipedality.
Tripedal :: Tripedal (a.) Having three feet.
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..
Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..
Pedalian :: Pedalian (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal..
Semipedal :: Semipedal (a.) Containing a half foot.
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