Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bellows-treader; a man who worked the clumsy bellows of old German organs with his feet.
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_Trimodiis_, 5. and throw them into a _Vat_, 6. and tread them with their _Feet_, 7. or stamp them with a _Wooden-Pestil_, 8. conjiciuntque in _Lacum_, 6. calcant
The Orbis Pictus Johann Amos Comenius 1631
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Senes pedes a terra vix tollere valent; ideoqin planiffimas femper calcant vias; mufculorum cnini tendines jam minus elaftici & rigidiorc: evafere, cartilagines minus flexiles in ofla indunierunt, ner - vique demum lentius officio perfunguntur fuo; un - de rigor mmorque mobilitas artuum pendet.
Caroli a Linné equit. aur. de stella polari archiatri regii med. et botan. profess. Upsal. Acad ... 1788
oroboros commented on the word calcant
A person who pumps the bellows of a pipe organ before the advent of electricity (NPR's Says You).
October 17, 2015