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process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Unconnected; rambling. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. I. Watts.

To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.

g to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.

Stoppage of the mences.

A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.

h red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.

A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters.

the odds and ends. Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc.

A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor. Offset staff (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.

Consisting of pages. "Paginal books." Sir T. Browne.

The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes.

The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.

the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page. Limiting parallels. See under Limit, v. t. -- Parallel of altitude (Astron.), one of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the horizon; an almucantar. -- Parallel of declination (Astron.), one of the small circles o…

A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.

A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. "All the pomps of a Roman triumph." Addison.