This page gathers the 382 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Printing”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 3 of 4: from “monk” to “sheepsfoot”.
- monk noun An inkblot.
- monoline noun A type of composing machine in which each line of type is cast as a single slug.
- monotone adj Synonym of monochrome.
- monotype noun A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
- multigraph noun A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a…
- nick noun A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
- Norse noun A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, 2+¹⁄₂-point type.
- o noun American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
- octavo noun A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large…
- octodecimo noun A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into eighteenths (3.5"–4.5" x 4.9"–5.9").
- oddment noun A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
- offset noun The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
- out noun A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
- out of sorts adj With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.
- overlay noun A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- overprint verb To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.
- overrun noun A turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column.
- overset noun Copy or type set in excess of a given space; (countable) an instance of this.
- paper jam noun A malfunction in a computer's printer or a photocopier or similar device occurring when sheets of paper become jammed inside.
- paragon noun The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.
- parallel noun A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at…
- parathesis noun The matter contained within brackets.
- patch noun An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- patch up verb To overlay.
- pearl noun The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
- perfecting noun The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.
- perfecting press noun A press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
- persuader noun A tool used to pack the type into the form.
- petit noun Synonym of brevier.
- philosophy noun Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
- photo machine noun A phototypesetter machine.
- photo-offset noun A method of offset printing that uses photolithographic plates.
- photolithography noun A lithographic procedure in which printing plates are made using a photographic process.
- pica noun A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
- pick noun A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
- pinfeed noun A kind of dot matrix printer equipped to take paper with holes running along each side for alignment.
- planer noun A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
- planography noun A form of printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised or incised one.
- plate noun An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- platen noun The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- plucking noun The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.
- portrait noun A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
- post noun A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- prepress adj Before going to press.
- press proof noun The last proof for correction before sending to press.
- princeps noun The editio princeps, or first edition of a book.
- printer noun The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
- printing paper noun Any type of paper designed for use in printing processes, excluding newsprint.
- process color noun A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to…
- proof noun A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- proof sheet noun A page of proofed text; a sheet used to make corrections, emendations, etc. before being printed for use.
- prove verb To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
- pull noun A single impression from a handpress.
- put down verb To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
- put in verb To distribute type that is ready for composing.
- put to bed verb To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
- put up verb To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
- quad noun A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- quadragesimo-octavo noun A book size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), corresponding to the paper size.
- quarto noun A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
- quoin noun A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- random noun A frame for composing type.
- rathole noun A pigeonhole.
- recto noun The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
- register verb To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- reglet noun A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title…
- reiteration noun The form that backs or perfects paper already printed on one side.
- repro noun The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page.
- revise noun A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
- ride noun A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- rise verb To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
- roman noun A single letter or character in Roman type.
- rounce noun The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
- royal noun A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- ruby noun The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
- rule noun A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or…
- run in verb To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
- run on verb To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
- run out verb To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
- run upon sorts verb To use or require a greater number of some particular letters or symbols than the regular proportion, as, for example, when making an index.
- runaround noun A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration.
- runover noun A line of text that overruns the available space, either breaking to a new line within the column or violating the margin.
- Saxon noun A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
- scabby adj Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
- scaleboard noun A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
- scrape up verb To clean a roller and slab by removing ink.
- screen noun A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- screen print noun A print produced by screen printing.
- screenless adj That does not involve a screen; see screen printing.
- scumming noun The accumulation of sticky ink on a plate.
- selvage noun The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.
- set noun The width of the body of a type.
- set off noun An offset.
- set out verb To arrange the necessary type into a printing press in preparation to run it.
- set up verb Synonym of compose (To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset)
- set up to oneself verb To set up (compose, typeset) one portion of text that precedes another portion set up by the same typesetter.
- sexagesimo-quarto noun A book size, (1.87"-2.5" x 2.5"-3.125"), corresponding to the paper size.
- sextodecimo noun A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"–5" x 5"–6.25").
- shank noun The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
- sheepsfoot noun A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.