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▪ I. lettering, vbl. n.|ˈlɛtərɪŋ|
[f. letter v. or n.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of writing letters; letter-writing.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. 118 You may give the law of lettering to all the world. 1681Disc. Tanger 3 If I exceed the Laws of Lettering, your command is my Apology. 1813Byron in Moore Lett. & Jrnls. (1830) I. 464, I hate lettering.
2. The action or process of putting letters upon (anything) by inscribing, marking, painting, gilding, printing, stamping, etc. Also concr., the letters inscribed.
1811L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. I. 261 The letterings of his books had..afforded her a high hope of pleasure. 1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 241 The dial-plate is complete, with the exception of the figures or lettering. 1869J. Raven Ch. Bells Cambr. (1881) 12 The rudeness of the lettering seems to suggest an early date. 1877Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 60. §3 Such lettering, marking, and numbering shall include the word ‘registered’..and the registered number. 1879M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 146 The book was to have..a smooth grey linen binding with silver lettering.
3. attrib. and Comb.: lettering block, -box (see quots.); lettering piece, the piece of leather on which the title of a book is stamped; lettering-tool, ‘a bookbinder's tool for stamping the gilt titles on the backs of books’ (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875).
1871Amer. Encycl. Printing (ed. Ringwalt) 74 *Lettering-block, a piece of wood, the upper surface being rounded, upon which side-labels are lettered. *Lettering-box, the box in which the type are screwed up preparatory to lettering.
1818Art Bookbinding 30 Working the letters firm and straight on the *lettering-piece. 1880Print. Trades Jrnl. No. 31. 11 Some account-book lettering-pieces produced..for the trade are certainly wonderful specimens of lettering.
▪ II. lettering
obs. Sc. form of lectern. |