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t or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange. Negotiable paper, any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.

A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.] There cometh a news thither with his horse. Pepys.

A newspaper. [Obs.]

or the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers.

A seller of newspapers.

A boy who distributes or sells newspaper.

A man who distributes or sells newspapers.

news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.

An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

fly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.

A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as, he is on a newspaper; on a committee.

A kind of thin translucent paper with a glossy finish.

lineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.

of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used esp. in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.

r bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.

r mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post. See under Paper.