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A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained.

A print made by photozincography. -- Pho`to*zin`co*graph"ic, a.

See Nature printing, under Nature.

aper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. MacKellar.

to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. "Piratical printers." Pope. -- Pi*rat"ic*al*ly, adv.

A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.

A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

A permanent photographic picture or print in platinum black.

A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.

The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.

Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.

a smooth, polished carapace. -- Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite. -- Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain. -- Porcelain shell (Zoöl.), a cowry.

A copy of a print, writing, etc., made by placing it upon a chemically prepared paper which is acted upon by a gas which permeates the paper of the print, writing, etc.

A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. Post and pair, an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards. B. Jonson. -- Post bag, a mail bag. -- Post bill, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster. -- Post chaise, or Post coach, a carriage usually with four wheels, for the con…

A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." Withals.

Of or pertaining to printing; typographical. [Obs.] Fuller.

Specifically, a printing press.

One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.