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† imˈprimery Obs.
Also -ie.
[a. F. imprimerie printing, printing-house, f. imprimer to print, imprimeur printer: see -ery.]
1. A printing-office or printing-house.
1663Signet Office Docquet Bk. Aug. (P.R.O.), A new erected office for the surveyeing of the Imprimery and printing presses and to grant the same to Roger Le Strange Esqr., together with the sole lycencing of all ballads [etc.]. 1679in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 271 Several persons..furnisht..an Imprimery, with all the necessaries thereof. a1685Ld. Arlington To Oxford Univ. (T.), You have those conveniences for a great imprimerie, which other universities cannot boast of. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Imprimery, a Printing House.
2. Printing.
1681Wood Life 15 Mar. (O.H.S.) II. 529 Afterward he surveyed the places of imprimerie.
3. A print or impression.
1674in Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4). 1706Phillips, Imprimery..an Impression, or Print. |