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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 1004 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALENDER (r) (Fr. calendre, from the Med. See also:Lat. calendra, a corruption of the Latinized See also:form of the Gr. Ku)Xtvrpos, a See also:cylinder)  , a See also:machine consisting of two or more rollers or cylinders in See also:close contact with each other, and often heated, through which are passed See also:cotton, See also:calico and other fabrics, for the purpose of having a finished smooth See also:surface given to them; the See also:process flattens the See also:fibres, removes inequalities, and also gives a glaze to the surface . It is similarly employed in See also:paper manufacture (q.v.) . (2) (From the Arabic galandar), an See also:order of dervishes, who separated from the Baktashite order in the 14th See also:century; they were vowed to perpetual travelling . Other forms of the name by which they are known are Kalenderis, Kalenderites, and Qalandarites (see See also:DERVISH) .

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