Hypertext Webster Gateway: "PAPER"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Paper
The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), "the paper
reeds by the brooks," is in the Revised Version more correctly
"the meadows by the Nile." The words undoubtedly refer to a
grassy place on the banks of the Nile fit for pasturage.

In 2 John 1:12 the word is used in its proper sense. The
material so referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and
hence its name. The papyrus (Heb. gome) was a kind of bulrush
(q.v.). It is mentioned by Job (8:11) and Isaiah (35:7). It was
used for many purposes. This plant (Papyrus Nilotica) is now
unknown in Egypt; no trace of it can be found. The unaccountable
disappearance of this plant from Egypt was foretold by Isaiah
(19:6, 7) as a part of the divine judgment on that land. The
most extensive papyrus growths now known are in the marshes at
the northern end of the lake of Merom.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Carborundum cloth \Carborundum cloth\ or paper \paper\ .
Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay
Province, India.]
A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century,
in which a thick opaque color is applied without background
and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing
flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work.

Note: Hence:

{Poonah brush},

{paper},

{painter}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Paper \Pa"per\, n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from
which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. ?. Cf.
{Papyrus}.]
1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended
to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It
is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous
material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded,
pressed, and dried.

2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the
like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific
society.

They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden.

4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a
journal; as, a daily paper.

5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of
exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount
of his paper.

6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper.
See {Paper hangings}, below.

7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a
paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for
external application; as, cantharides paper.

Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of
which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are
shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the
size somewhat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Paper \Pa"per\, a.
Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper;
existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a
paper army.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Paper \Pa"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Papered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Papering}.]
1. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as,
to paper a room or a house.

2. To fold or inclose in paper.

3. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. ['e]meri, earlier ['e]meril, It.
smeriglio, fr. Gr. ?, ?, ?, cf. ? to wipe; perh. akin to E.
smear. Cf. {Emeril}.] (Min.)
Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts
for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is
mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under
{Corundum}.

{Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded
into convenient.

{Emery cloth} or {paper}, cloth or paper on which the powder
of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.


{Emery wheel}, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface
of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a {buff
wheel}, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a {glazer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See {Fosse}.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.

{Fossil copal}, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.

{Fossil cork}, {flax}, {paper}, or {wood}, varieties of
amianthus.

{Fossil farina}, a soft carbonate of lime.

{Fossil ore}, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

paper
n 1: a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood
or rags or certain grasses
2: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got
an A on his composition" [syn: {composition}, {report}, {theme}]
3: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains
news and articles and advertisements; "he read his
newspaper at breakfast" [syn: {newspaper}]
4: a scholarly article describing the results of observations
or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific
papers"
5: medium for written communication; "the notion of an office
running without paper is absurd"
6: a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns
many newspapers" [syn: {newspaper}, {newspaper publisher}]
7: a newspaper as a physical object: "when it began to rain he
covered his head with a newspaper" [syn: {newspaper}]
v 1: cover with paper; "paper the box"
2: cover with wallpaper [syn: {wallpaper}]


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