单词 | half-press |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-press half-press n. Printing (now historical) the working of a printing press by a single printer rather than the customary team of two. Π 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 526 Half-press, when but one man works at the press. 2007 M. Winship in S. E. Casper et al. Hist. of Bk. in Amer. III. i. 54 Typically, two pressmen operated the press, one of them responsible for handling the sheets of paper and making the impression, and the other for inking the type. Often, however, a single pressman worked at ‘half press’ to perform both operations. half-press half-press n. (see quot. 1883). ΚΠ 1883 H. P. Smith Gloss. Terms & Phr. Half-press, the work done by one man at a printing-press. < as lemmas |
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