printing-press

  • 41Printing office — Printing Print ing, 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Printing paper — Printing Print ing, 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43Printing wheel — Printing Print ing, 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44press — press1 [pres] vt. [ME pressen < MFr presser < L pressare, freq. of premere, to press < IE base * per , to strike > OSlav p rati, to strike] 1. to act on with steady force or weight; push steadily against; squeeze 2. to depress or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 45Printing —    Printing arrived in the late 15th century. Thomas van der Noot published several works from 1508 to 1520. Following the city s designation as capital (1531) the need to publish official documents encouraged printing operations. In 1557, Michel …

    Historical Dictionary of Brussels

  • 46Press — may refer to:In publishing: * The press, otherwise known as the journalism business, the newspaper business, the news media, the Fourth Estate or the mass media * A press, publishing house or printer (publisher) * Printing press, a machine that… …

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  • 47Printing House of Crnojevići — is the first Montenegrin printing house; the facility operated between 1493 and 1496 in Cetinje, Montenegro. It was founded by Đurađ IV Crnojević, the ruler of the Principality of Zeta (today s Montenegro) between 1490 and 1496. The printing… …

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  • 48press — Ⅰ. press [1] ► VERB 1) move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force. 2) exert continuous physical force on (something), especially to operate a device. 3) apply pressure to (something) to flatten or shape… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 49press|work — «PREHS WURK», noun. 1. the working or management of a printing press. 2. the work done by a printing press …

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  • 50press|man — «PREHS muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a man who operates or has charge of a printing press. 2. a reporter; newspaperman: »I at once revoked the order and told the pressmen to write as they pleased (Dwight D. Eisenhower) …

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