hand-printv.
/ˌhandˈprɪnt/, U.S. /ˈˌhændˈˌprɪnt/ 1. transitive. To write by hand with separated letters in a style resembling printed text; = print v. 12.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > resembling print
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1873 Sabbath School Mag. 2 Mar. 54 Funds won't permit the expense of printing [report cards]. Those used in my class..are hand printed.
1902 S. W. P. (Sherwin-Williams Paint Co.) Aug. 118/1 An interesting feature..is a card they use, on which is hand printed the names of those to whom they sell S.W.P.
1913 Advertising & Selling Sept. 34/2 Sketch the exact width and depth of the space to be used and handprint all the other data.
1969 Life 17 Jan. 19 (advt.) A blank 3″ x 5″ sheet of paper on which you have handprinted the word Marlboro in plain block letters.
2007 J. Pohlen Progressive Nation 110 Morty asked his mom to march with him..so she hand-printed a sign that asked other parents to support their children.
2. transitive. To print (fabric, paper, etc.) by hand (in contrast to a mechanical or automated process); to produce (an image or text) in this way.
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1885 in E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) I. 1001/1 The cloth to be printed is stretched on a padded board, and the colour is hand-printed on the cloth with the dye.
1934 Amer. Home July 88/4 Swedish peasant hand-woven fabrics..are hand printed from carved wooden blocks.
1985 H. Clark Textile Printing (1997) 16 (caption) ‘Elizabethan’, a woodblock cut by Phyllis Barron and hand-printed..on natural linen.
2004 T. Guest My Life in Orange (2005) i. 1 I have copies of the newspapers that were hand-printed in the commune design studio, the photos silk-screened.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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