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The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.

Advertisement. [Obs.]

An indicator card. See under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. -- Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers.

Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. The street cries of London. Mayhew.

t a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

igence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.

To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.

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

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch. Programme music (Mus.), descriptive instrumental mus…

me, indicating the presence of fire damp. Raymond. Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. -- Show box, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. -- Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. -- Show case, a gla -- Show glass, a gla…