A machine for printing designs on calico or similar fabrics. Obsolete. rare.

Printing. The engraved hollow metal roller used in printing calico, etc.

a roller used in surface printing to convey ink to the surface being printed; spec. one of wood rather than metal; (also) a roller that is in…

one of a set of plates used in colour printing; a print made from such a plate, esp. in a book (cf. plate, n. 17b).

(in textile printing) a pan in which colours and thickeners are mixed together.

General attributive.

In calico-printing: (see quots.).

In full toby tub. A colour-printing machine for textiles.

(see quot.).

a rail for stretching cloth during the process of printing.