单词 | hand-paper |
释义 | hand-papern. 1. As two words. Paper with a watermark consisting of an open hand (hand n. 8b) under a five- or six-pointed star, particularly employed in the sixteenth cent. Now historical.For further details see, for example, Edward Heawood's "Sources of Early English Paper-supply" in Library (1910) 4th Ser. 10, pp. 436 ff. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > having specific watermark hand-paper1794 serpent paper1797 1794 S. Denne Let. 14 Nov. in Archaeologia (1796) 12 119 The hand also..gave name to paper now called Hand paper, but which has materially altered in size and texture. 1855 R. Herring Paper 79 An open hand with a star at the top, which was in use as early as 1530, probably gave the name to what is still called hand paper. 1904 D. N. Carvalho 40 Centuries of Ink xxx. 303 The design of the open hand with a star at the top which was in use as early as 1530, probably gave the name to what is still called hand paper. 1947 Progress of Paper (Paper Trade Jrnl.) xiv. 190/1 The watermark of the 1539, A.D., so called hand paper was a hand with a star at finger ends. 1996 M. E. Buja Antonio Barré & Music Printing Mid-16th Cent. Rome (Thesis, University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) vi. 139 Barrè uses the Hand papers and also papers that seemingly lack a watermark at all. 2. Paper made by hand, as opposed to by machine. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] paper1341 writing paper1477 white paper1683 hand-paper1837 1837 Rep. Select Comm. Foudrinier's Patent 1 June 28 We have never used paper wider than the smaller paper which we originally made, the hand paper. 1893 World's Paper Trade Rev. 24 Feb. 3/1 An article published lately in the Wochenblatt by an old handpaper maker seems to be written with a similar view [sc. limiting the use of wood in paper-making]. 1999 Callaloo 22 67 The book is hand-made of hand-paper and a leather binding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794 |
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