drop-lettern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drop v., letter n.¹

Etymology: < drop v. + letter n.¹ With sense 2 compare drop-initial n. at drop- comb. form 2.

U.S.

1. A letter posted in any place merely for local delivery (formerly called box-letter); a ‘local’ letter. Originally applied to letters sent from a distant place by some other mode of conveyance, and ‘dropped’ into the post office box at the place of destination for delivery there.

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1841 Rep. Postmaster-General (U.S.) 452 Letters have frequently been dropped into this [Philadelphia] office, from Boston, New York [etc.], for deliverance by our carriers.]

1844 Rep. Postmaster-General (U.S.) 688 ‘Drop-letters’..This is a class of letters which are usually sent from one place to another by private conveyance, and are ‘dropped’ or deposited in the post-office for delivery.

1845 U.S. Statutes at Large 3 Mar. V. 733 Drop letters, or letters placed in any post-office, not for transmission by mail, but for delivery only. [The term drop matter is common in American post offices, meaning matter for local delivery, without passing from one post-office to another.]

2. (See quots.) Cf. drop-initial n. at drop- comb. form 2.

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society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > upper case or capital > large capital

transcendent1602

drop-letter1894

drop-initial1951

1894 Amer. Dict. Printing 149/1 Drop letters, two-line letters, the top being as high as the top of a line of an advertisement or of reading matter, the remainder dropping down to the next line. This expression is not used in America, the equivalent being a two-line letter.

1950 Dict. Printing Terms (Porte Publ. Co.) (ed. 5) 53/2 Drop-letter, a large letter used for ornamentation at the beginning of a chapter or article.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	drop-letter
释义	drop-lettern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drop v., letter n.¹ Etymology: < drop v. + letter n.¹ With sense 2 compare drop-initial n. at drop- comb. form 2. U.S. 1. A letter posted in any place merely for local delivery (formerly called box-letter); a ‘local’ letter. Originally applied to letters sent from a distant place by some other mode of conveyance, and ‘dropped’ into the post office box at the place of destination for delivery there. ΚΠ 1841 Rep. Postmaster-General (U.S.) 452 Letters have frequently been dropped into this [Philadelphia] office, from Boston, New York [etc.], for deliverance by our carriers.] 1844 Rep. Postmaster-General (U.S.) 688 ‘Drop-letters’..This is a class of letters which are usually sent from one place to another by private conveyance, and are ‘dropped’ or deposited in the post-office for delivery. 1845 U.S. Statutes at Large 3 Mar. V. 733 Drop letters, or letters placed in any post-office, not for transmission by mail, but for delivery only. [The term drop matter is common in American post offices, meaning matter for local delivery, without passing from one post-office to another.] 2. (See quots.) Cf. drop-initial n. at drop- comb. form 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > upper case or capital > large capital transcendent1602 drop-letter1894 drop-initial1951 1894 Amer. Dict. Printing 149/1 Drop letters, two-line letters, the top being as high as the top of a line of an advertisement or of reading matter, the remainder dropping down to the next line. This expression is not used in America, the equivalent being a two-line letter. 1950 Dict. Printing Terms (Porte Publ. Co.) (ed. 5) 53/2 Drop-letter, a large letter used for ornamentation at the beginning of a chapter or article. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1844
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