pedaliad

[Mod. Latin pedal i ( um ); Eng. suff. ad.] Bot . ( pl .): Lindley's name for Pedaliaceae (q.v.). pě-da-li-an, a . [Lat. pedal is , from pes (gen it. ped is )=the foot) Pertaining or relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. pē-dăl-1-on (1).s. [Gr. pēdali on =a rudder.] Zool.: A genus of Rotifer a, family Floscular ide. There are median appendages proceeding from both the ventral and the opposite faces of the body, as well as lateral appendages. pě-dăl-1-ồn (2), s. [PEDAL. Music: A set of pedals acting upon strings, producing notes of a deep pitch, so constructed as to be capable of being used with a pianoforte. "Pedantry is all that schools impart, But taverns teach the knowledge of the heart." Corper: Tirocinium , 212. 2. Obstinate adherence or addiction to the forms of a particular profe ion, or of some particular line of life.