print : Idioms & Phrases

Bat" print`ing

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1. (Ceramics) A mode of printing on glazed ware.

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• . (a) A mode of printing (common in China and Japan) from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush. S. W. Williams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter.

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• a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper. also blueprint. Long used for reproduction of architectural drawings, now also applied to an architectural plan of any color, and thus (Fig.) a plan, or outline of a plan of action; as, blueprint for action

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• noun the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency
  

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• a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; called also butter stamp. Locke.

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• noun tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
  Abutilon theophrasti; velvetleaf; China jute; velvet-leaf; velvetweed; Indian mallow.
  

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• the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico.

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• printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors.

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• noun a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors
  collotype; photogelatin process.
  

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• noun a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative
  

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• (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.

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• noun a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper
  daisy wheel.
  

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• noun the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type
  fine print.
  
  • don't sign a contract without reading the fine print
• noun material printed in small type
  fine print.
  
  • he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office.
  

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• . (a) In a printed form; issued from the press; published . Shak. (b) To the letter; with accurateness. "All this I speak in print." Shak.

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• noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
  intaglio; gravure.
  

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• noun image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller
  

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• noun a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
  offset.
  

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• adjective satellite (of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher
  
  • that edition is out of print

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• not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; said of books, pamphlets, etc.

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• noun a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
  photo-offset.
  

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• noun a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
  print.
  

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• the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.

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• noun the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)
  planography.
  

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• the act or process of printing from an engraved plate or plates.

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• the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain.

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• noun a buffer that stores data until the printer is ready
  

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• noun a medium that disseminates printed matter
  

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• verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
  overprint.
  

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• noun the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper
  press run.
  

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• noun someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
  

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• noun a workplace where printing is done
  print shop.
  

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• a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.

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• noun computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered
  

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• textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.

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• noun a written or printed symbol
  written symbol.
  

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• noun a company that does commercial printing
  printing business; printing company.
  

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• noun a company that does commercial printing
  printing business; printing company.
  

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• noun a company that does commercial printing
  printing business; printing company.
  

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• noun a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing
  printer's ink.
  

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• noun a machine that prints
  printer.
  

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• noun an operation that controls the printing or display of information
  

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• noun a machine used for printing
  press.
  

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• noun reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
  printing.
  

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• noun a workplace where printing is done
  print shop.
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for printing
  

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• noun a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates
  

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• (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced.

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• noun printing from a plate with raised characters
  letterpress.
  

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• noun a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
  roman type; roman; roman letters.
  

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• noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
  serigraph; silkscreen.
  

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• noun the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type
  fine print.
  
  • don't sign a contract without reading the fine print
• noun material printed in small type
  fine print.
  
  • he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print

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• printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines.

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office.
  

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office.
  

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