单词 | long cross |
释义 | > as lemmaslong cross long cross n. (a) Printing (in a hand press) the longer of the two crosspieces used to adjust the chase to different page sizes; (b) Numismatics a cross having limbs extending to the outer circle on a coin, appearing on the coinage of Henry III and Edward I in the period 1247–79; frequently attributive, designating a coin of this type, or the period in which such coins were produced. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > chase > parts of long cross1683 short-cross1683 random1888 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > specific crossc1330 crouch1393 about-writingc1449 half-facea1549 legend1611 mill-rind1642 graining1664 adminicles1728 tressure1745 short-cross1870 long cross1904 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 287 Then he [sc. the Press-man] Folds a sheet of the Paper he is to Work long-ways, and broad-ways, and lays the long Crease of it upon the middle of the Long-Cross. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 261 They [sc. compositors] lessen the Furniture on both sides the Long Cross, to enlarge the Bottom Margin. 1762 T. Snelling View Silver Coin Eng. 9 There are two sorts of pennies of this king [sc. Henry III], called..those of the short cross..and the long cross. 1817 H. Clarke & J. Dougall Cabinet of Arts 460 For folios the long cross is left entirely out, and the short one left in the middle. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 139/1 Mr. Lindsay has a long cross penny. 1904 C. L. Stainer Oxf. Silver Pennies 50 Long cross voided, each limb terminating in crescent. 1982 P. W. M. Blayney Texts King Lear (2007) I. iv. 124 The head of each page is the same distance from the short cross, and all four inner margins are equidistant from the long cross. 2006 J. S. Jensen in B. Cook & G. Williams Coinage & Hist. in North Sea World c. 500–1250 481 Nicholas of St. Albans, who was mint-master of the English king..well into the Long Cross period. < as lemmas |
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