Word Meanings - IMPRIMERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A print; impression. A printing establishment. The art of printing.

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• 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,
• ESTABLISHMENTARIAN
  One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley.
• IMPRESSIONABLE
  Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible. He was too impressionable; he had too much of the temperament of genius. Motley. A pretty face and an impressionable disposition. T. Hook.
• 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.
• IMPRESSION
  The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
• IMPRESSIONISTIC
  Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.
• IMPRESSIONABILITY
  The quality of being impressionable.
• IMPRESSIONLESS
  Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.
• IMPRESSIONIST
  One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.
• PRINTSHOP
  A shop where prints are sold.
• IMPRESSIONISM
  The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.
• 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.
• ESTABLISHMENT
  1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. 2. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state. 3. That which is established; as: A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially,
• PRINTER
  One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. Printer's devil, Printer's gauge. See under Devil, and Gauge. -- Printer's ink. See Printing ink, below.
• PRINTING
  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
• IMPRESSIONABLENESS
  The quality of being impressionable.
• 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.
• DISESTABLISHMENT
  1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by
• PHOTOPRINT
  Any print made by a photomechanical process.
• 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.
• NEOIMPRESSIONISM; POINTILLISM
  A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat , and carried on by Paul Signac and others. Its method is marked by the laying