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adv. Photographic printing, the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.

A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. MacKellar.

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model. Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects. Bacon. The young king's picture . .…

nite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

ernate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

e of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

tained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.

importance; as, the speech lacked pith. Enterprises of great pith and moment. Shak. Pith paper. Same as Rice paper, under Rice.

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

pported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.

To calender; as, to plate paper.

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

A machine for calendering paper.

To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.

A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.

A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. Bp. Burnet.

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. Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter, etc.

ng suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door. He popped a paper into his hand. Milton.