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A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

ic notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.

A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.

Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.

ciety. Bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.

report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

tement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

d it for magic uses. Grose. I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Dickens.

anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.

That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.

oss the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.

One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

amily, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] Edwards. -- Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. -- Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Cou…

The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun.

ication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.