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Webster 1913 Edition

Treadle

Trea′dle

,

Noun.

[OE.

tredyl

a step, AS.

tredel

. See

.]

1.

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

2.

(Biol.)

The chalaza of a bird’s egg; the tread.

Webster 1828 Edition

Treadle

TREADLE