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A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.

A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke. O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line. Pope.

Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.

d; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. -- Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines.

In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language. Withouten vice [i. e. mistake] of syllable or letter. Chaucer.

(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which…

A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text. Text blindness. (Physiol.) See Word blindness, under Word. -- Text letter, a large or capital letter. [Obs.] -- Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand.

Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.

n liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. -- Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] Bailey. -- Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin. -- Tin pyrites. See Stannite.

An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place. [R.] Coleridge.

ric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.

be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. W. Savage.

raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.

Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art. -- Ty`po*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.

raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.

ar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.

An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.