Word Meanings - CAXTON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.

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• FIRST
  Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of,
• ENGLISHWOMAN
  Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
• PRINTLESS
  Making no imprint. Milton.
• PRINTA-BLE
  Worthy to be published.
• PRINT
  To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers,
• PRINTING IN
  A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.
• FIRST-CLASS
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended
• FIRST-RATE
  Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett .
• HANSARD
  An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
• FIRSTLY
  In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
• FIRSTLING
  1. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton. 2. The thing first thought or done. The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak.
• PRINTSHOP
  A shop where prints are sold.
• ENGLISHRY
  1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. Cowell. 2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland. A general massacre of the Englishry. Macaulay.
• FIRST-HAND
  Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent. One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau.
• PRINTERY
  A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office.
• PRINTING OUT
  A method of printing, in which the image is fully brought out by the direct actinic action of light without subsequent development by means of chemicals.
• CAXTON
  Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.
• FIRSTBORN
  First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
• ENGLISHABLE
  Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
• ENGLISHMAN
  A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.
• IMPRINT
  to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior. 2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates,
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• COMPRINT
  To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E. Phillips. (more info) 1. To print together.
• PHOTOPRINT
  Any print made by a photomechanical process.
• HEADFIRST; HEADFOREMOST
  With the head foremost.
• BAT PRINTING
  A mode of printing on glazed ware.
• BLUEPRINT
  See PRINT
• REPRINT
  1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of. 2. To renew the impression of. The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South.
• FOOTPRINT
  The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
• MISPRINT
  To print wrong.