单词 | paste-wash |
释义 | paste-washv. Bookbinding. transitive. To apply paste wash to (leather); to improve the surface of by means of paste wash. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] > treat leather paste-wash1880 jigger1901 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 116 The porous varieties [of leather] must be paste-washed carefully. 1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding II. xxii. 327 When leathers such as calf, sheep, or russia are used, they should be paste-washed before tooling, in order to fill up the many fine pores. 2000 Bookbinder 14 60/1 The whole of the book was paste washed to seal the surface of the leather. Derivatives ˈpaste-washing n. ΚΠ 1921 Librarian Nov. 74 Pastewashing and varnishing tends to crack and destroy the leather, and does not soften or preserve it in the slightest degree. 1995 L. S. Young Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand ix. 202 The paste-washing serves to balance the pull caused when the board papers are added. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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