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That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.

A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.…

A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.

by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. -- Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay. -- Tasm…

l reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. A. J. Ellis.

The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

men's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.

d. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.

An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico- printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.

sts are framed. -- Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. -- Double letter. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature.

and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.

A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets.

which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. -- Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. Bouvier. -- Dry rot, a decay of timber,…

g superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. Knight. Ductor roller (Printing), the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller. Knight.

A picture printed from two half-tone plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same color or in black and one tint.

Any picture printed in two shades of the same color, as duotypes and duographs are usually printed.

A print made from two half-tone plates made from the same negative, but etched differently.

An etching or a print from an etched plate.