| 单词 | letter punch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter punch letter punch n. Typography a steel punch used in making matrices for type. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxi. 264/2 He beareth vert, a Punch, or Letter Punch, Argent... These are steele on the end whereof the letters are cut so that they are punched into the Matrice. 1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. at Foundery In this metal is sunk the face of the letter, by striking the letter-punch the depth of an n. 1851 Illustr. Exhibitor 13 Sept. 268/2 Next to the letter-punches, the matrices taken from them are exhibited. 1907 Inland Printer Jan. 518/1 The linotype company was paying as high as $8 per letter-punch. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 132/1 (heading) Letter punch sets (27 letters). 2007 S. Simanaitis Kaleidoscope 37/2 You can emboss whole phrases or single words using steel letter punches on the front side of the metal. < as lemmas |
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