print : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- bat printing
- Block printing
- Blue print
- bureau of engraving and printing
- Butter print
- butter-print
- Calico printing
- Chromatic printing
- collotype printing
- contact print
- Core print
- daisy print wheel
- fine print
- government printing office
- In print
- intaglio printing
- letterset printing
- offset printing
- Out of print
- photo-offset printing
- photographic print
- Photographic printing
- planographic printing
- Plate printing
- Porcelain printing
- print buffer
- print media
- print over
- print run
- print seller
- print shop
- Print works
- printed circuit
- Printed goods
- printed symbol
- printing business
- printing company
- printing concern
- printing ink
- printing machine
- printing operation
- printing press
- printing process
- printing shop
- printing unit
- process printing
- Rain prints
- relief printing
- roman print
- silk screen print
- small print
- Surface printing
- united states government printing office
- us government printing office
bat printing
Bat" print`ing
Definitions
(Ceramics) A mode of printing on glazed ware.
Webster 1913
Block printing
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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.
Webster 1913
Blue print
- 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
Webster 1913
bureau of engraving and printing
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noun the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency
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Butter print
- a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; called also
butter stamp . Locke.
Webster 1913
butter-print
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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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Calico printing
- the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico.
Webster 1913
Chromatic printing
- printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors.
Webster 1913
collotype printing
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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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contact print
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noun a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative
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Core print
(Founding) , a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.
Webster 1913
daisy print wheel
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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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fine print
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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
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noun material printed in small type
fine print.
- he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print
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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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In print
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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.
Webster 1913
intaglio printing
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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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letterset printing
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noun image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller
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offset printing
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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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Out of print
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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.
Webster 1913
photo-offset printing
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noun a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
photo-offset.
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photographic print
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noun a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
print.
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Photographic printing
- the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.
Webster 1913
planographic printing
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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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Plate printing
- the act or process of printing from an engraved plate or plates.
Webster 1913
Porcelain printing
- the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain.
Webster 1913
print buffer
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noun a buffer that stores data until the printer is ready
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print media
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noun a medium that disseminates printed matter
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print over
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verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
overprint.
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print run
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noun the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper
press run.
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print seller
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noun someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
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print shop
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noun a workplace where printing is done
print shop.
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Print works
- a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.
Webster 1913
printed circuit
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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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Printed goods
- textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.
Webster 1913
printed symbol
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noun a written or printed symbol
written symbol.
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printing business
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noun a company that does commercial printing
printing business; printing company.
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printing company
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noun a company that does commercial printing
printing business; printing company.
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printing concern
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noun a company that does commercial printing
printing business; printing company.
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printing ink
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noun a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing
printer's ink.
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printing machine
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noun a machine that prints
printer.
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printing operation
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noun an operation that controls the printing or display of information
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printing press
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noun a machine used for printing
press.
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printing process
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noun reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
printing.
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printing shop
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noun a workplace where printing is done
print shop.
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printing unit
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noun a unit of measurement for printing
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process printing
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noun a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates
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Rain prints
(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.
Webster 1913
relief printing
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noun printing from a plate with raised characters
letterpress.
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roman print
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noun a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
roman type; roman; roman letters.
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silk screen print
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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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small print
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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
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noun material printed in small type
fine print.
- he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print
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Surface printing
- printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines.
Webster 1913
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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us 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.