| 单词 | halfsheet |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-sheet half-sheet n. and adj. (a) n. a half piece of paper, especially one written or printed on; (b) adj. Printing designating the work and turn method of imposition (so called because the result is cut in half to produce two copies of a single sheet). ΘΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > sizes of royal paper1497 small paper1497 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 quarto1580 grape1611 crown paper1620 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 vigesimo-quarto1864 columbier1875 society > communication > printing > manner or style of printing > [noun] > printing with whole signature in one forme half-sheet1683 1573 in T. Cartwright Replye to Answere Whitgifte (new ed.) 213 Heere I will take in that, whych the byshop of Salesbury hath in the last page of hys halfe sheete touching thys matter. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 234 In Half-sheets, all the Pages belonging to the White Paper and Reteration are Imposed in one Chase, and are plac'd, as you see by the Drafts..of Half-sheet Forms. 1852 E. Ruskin Let. 17 Apr. in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 296 I was very grateful for..Papa's half sheet about the Ruskins. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1050/1 Half-sheet, the off-cut portion of a duodecimo. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 56 Book-work is sometimes printed in ‘half-sheet’ fashion. When thus printed there are two copies on one sheet. 1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. iv. ii. 109 The work-and-turn method of printing by half-sheet imposition. 2005 B. Ryder Painting Watercolor Landscapes 14/2 A half sheet will give you four boards.., and will also provide just the right size to take a half-imperial sheet of watercolour paper. half-sheet half-sheet n. Printing the off-cut portion of a duodecimo (Knight, 1875); (see quots.). ΚΠ 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 234 In Half-sheets, all the Pages belonging to the White Paper and Reteration are Imposed in one Chase, and are plac'd, as you see by the Drafts..of Half-sheet Forms. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 56 Book-work is sometimes printed in ‘half-sheet’ fashion. When thus printed there are two copies on one sheet. 1914 T. L. De Vinne Mod. Book Composition ix. 336 It is called half-sheet because this larger sheet must be cut in halves before either half can be folded. 1952 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper (ed. 2) 122/1 Half-sheet, printing a whole sheet of a book so that all the pages of a signature are in one forme. 1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. iv. ii. 109 The work-and-turn method of printing by half-sheet imposition. < as lemmas |
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