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Phytoglyphy :: Phytoglyphy (n.) See Nature printing, under Nature..

Orpiment :: Orpiment (n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression..

Typography :: Typography (n.) The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc..

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) The smallest size of type used in England printing.

Error :: Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error..

Print :: Print (n.) That which is produced by printing.

Royal :: Royal (n.) Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n..

Printing :: Printing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prin.

Presswork :: Presswork (n.) The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done..

Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press..

Comprint :: Comprint (n.) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed.

Printery :: Printery (n.) A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office..

Bookwork :: Bookwork (n.) Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work..

Register :: Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary..

Pause :: Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

Demy :: Demy (n.) A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.

Supervise :: Supervise (v. t.) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book..

Footstep :: Footstep (n.) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

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