Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Print"

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

Print \Print\, v. i.
1. To use or practice the art of typography; to take
impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved
plates, or the like.

2. To publish a book or an article.

From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no
more truth. --Pope.

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

Print \Print\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Printed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Printing}.] [Abbrev. fr. imprint. See {Imprint}, and {Press}
to squeeze.]
1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea,
etc., into or upon something.

A look will print a thought that never may remove.
--Surrey.

Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in
that field young Edward's sword did print. --Sir
John Beaumont.

Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
--Roscommon.

2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or
mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That
scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. --Dryden.

3. Specifically: 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, pictures; to
print an edition of a book.

4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as,
to print calico.

5. (Photog.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from
a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the
action of light upon a sensitized surface.

{Printed goods}, textile fabrics printed in patterns,
especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.

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

Print \Print\, n. [See {Print}, v., {Imprint}, n.]
1. A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or
indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another;
as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the
foot in sand or snow.

Where print of human feet was never seen. --Dryden.

2. A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental
design upon an object; as, a butter print.

3. That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or
mold; as, a print of butter.

4. Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to
excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large
print; this line is in print.

5. That which is produced by printing. Specifically:
(a) An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved
plate. ``The prints which we see of antiquities.''
--Dryden.
(b) A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or
other periodical. --Addison.
(c) A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping,
especially calico or cotton cloth.
(d) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared
paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on
transparent paper.

6. (Founding) A core print. See under {Core}.

{Blue print}, a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a
drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in
blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic
printing on peculiarly prepared paper.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

print
adj : written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a
printing press [syn: {printed}]
n 1: the result of the printing process [syn: {black and white}]
2: a picture or design printed from an engraving [syn: {print
making}]
3: a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by
engraved rollers)
4: a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
[syn: {photographic print}]
v 1: put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the
royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be
printed" [syn: {publish}]
2: write as if with print; not cursive
3: make into a print
4: reproduce by printing [syn: {impress}]


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