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Peel :: Peel (n.) A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar..

Typothetae :: Typothetae (n. pl.) Printers; -- used in the name of an association of the master printers of the United States and Canada, called The United Typothetae of America..

Emerald :: Emerald (n.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers..

Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A sort of table used by printers.

Typographer :: Typographer (n.) A printer.

Colophon :: Colophon (n.) An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book..

Printing :: Printing (n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints..

Coal Tar :: Coal tar () A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series..

Set :: Set (n.) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

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

Reprinter :: Reprinter (n.) One who reprints.

Lampblack :: Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements..

Dabber :: Dabber (n.) That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink..

Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..

Caxton :: Caxton (n.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer..

Fac :: Fac (n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book..

Stereotypography :: Stereotypographer (n.) A stereotype printer.

Copy :: Copy (n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy..

Lapping :: Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

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