| 单词 | correction of the press |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorrection of the press a. The action of correcting or setting right; substitution of what is right for what is erroneous in (a book, etc.); amendment. Hence, loosely, pointing out or marking of errors (in order to their removal). correction of the press: i.e. of printers' errors. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] rightingOE mendmentc1300 amendment1340 correction1340 amendinga1382 mendinga1400 rectificationa1400 mendnessa1425 redress1448 addressment1481 redressa1529 remedying1547 redub1549 restauration1560 correcting1580 rightening1583 emendation1586 restitution1636 cure1675 reform1700 readjustment1749 remediation1794 redressal1800 redressment1822 society > communication > printing > correction > [noun] > of printers' errors correction of the press1877 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 9594 If any defaut in þis tretice be..I wil stand til þe correccion of ilka rightwyse lered man. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. mvijv/1 Yf in al thys book I haue mesprysed..I demaunde correxyon and amendement. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbiv v Submyttyng me to the correction of your grace. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 19 Chaucer dothe submytte the Correctione of his woorkes to Gower. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 4 That Translation was not so..perfect but that it needed in many places correction. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 144. ⁋9 The accuracy..of the style was produced by the successive correction of the chief criticks of the age. 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. vi. 80 All experience is a correction of life's delusions. 1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) I. 367 The correction of the calendar. 1877 Blackie's Pop. Encycl. II. 565/2 In the early times of the art of printing more attention was paid..to the correction of the press. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xi. 203 To admit that he has made a blunder or to appear conscious of correction. < as lemmas |
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