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printn.adj.2 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prente. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman prente, Anglo-Norman and Middle French preinte, Old French priente impression or imprint made by the impact of a seal or stamp (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1317 in Old French), in Anglo-Norman also die (e.g. for making coins), stamp (c1334 or earlier), use as noun of feminine of past participle of preindre , preendre , alteration (after e.g. feindre feign v., peindre paint v.1) of priembre to press, to stamp (see pregnant adj.2). Compare (probably < French) Middle Dutch prente , printe die, stamp, (especially impressed) image, form, shape (Dutch prent , †print , †printe imprint, impression, (printed or impressed) image, printed matter, fact of being printed, die, stamp), Middle Low German prente , (rare) prent (feminine) printing trade, fact of being printed, prent (neuter; rare) printing trade, and also post-classical Latin prenta , prentum , printa , printum boss on a drinking vessel (1391, 1401, 1463 in British sources), die, stamp (1404 in a British source), impression made by stamp or die (1485 in a British source), Danish prent fact of being printed, printed matter (mid 16th cent. or earlier; < Middle Low German prente ). Compare also imprint n. and the French words cited at that entry.With in print at sense A. 7 compare Dutch in prent (c1530; also in prente , in de prent , in de prente ), Middle Low German in prent (16th cent.), Danish paa prent (now på prent ), all in sense ‘in printed form’. In sense A. 7b, and perhaps also A. 7c, probably a transferred use of sense A. 7a, with reference to the regularity and exactness of the art of printing and the assumed reliability of the printed word; some early examples (e.g. quots. a16161 at sense A. 7b, a16162 at sense A. 7b) play on the two senses. A. n. I. General non-typographical senses. 1. society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device c1300 (Laud) (1873) 390 (MED) Ore louerd Axede ȝwat were þe prente þat was þar on i set; Heo seiden, ‘Cesares prente, þe Aumperour.’ c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) 1244 To schewe þe prente of me sele! c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. xv. 6 Y suffre thee for to make smytyng, or printe [L. percussuram; a1425 L.V. prynte], of thin own money, in thi regyoun. a1475 in A. Clark (1905) i. 175 He strengthyd hyt with þe preynt of hys seele. 1523 c. 12 All suche farthinges..shall haue vppon the one side thereof the printe of the port collice. 1549 (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxxiiiv That the breade..for the Communion, bee made..without all maner of printe, and somethyng more larger and thicker then it was. 1599 J. Davies 39 As the Waxe retaines the print in it. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc 69 That famous Idol made of the tooth of a Monkey... The King of Pegu..sent yearely Ambassadours thither, to take the print of it upon Amber. 1673 J. Dryden iii. iii. 39 I stole it [sc. a key] out of Hippolita's Pocket, to take the Print of it in Wax. 1700 F. Manning v. ii. 43 Seb. His very Voice, Person, and Raillery. Fred. The Seal and the Print are not more perfectly alike. 1743 E. Erskine 50 The Print of the Seal upon the Wax, is an exact Transcript of the Graving that is on the Seal. 1873 L. Mercier tr. J. Verne i. xviii. 104 A Lascar..sold him the handle of a sword in silver, that bore the print of characters engraved on the hilt. 1883 Mar. 794 It could thus be easily closed and interdicted to the public by the means of a rock marked with the print of the royal seal. 1955 30 342 She took the wax that Crespino sent her and took a print of the key of her mistress's safe. 1960 Apr.–June 10/2 Each brick [of opium] bears the print of a thrice-incised poppy capsule and the inscription ‘Bilka’, Jugoslavija. 1994 M. Rice 281 A single ‘print’ of the seal is impressed in the clay..on the object to be identified, a pottery jar, inscribed tablet or a bulla. the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 323 In þe whiche cloþ sche hadde þe prynte [?a1475 anon. transl. impression; L. impressionem] of þe liknesse of oure lordes face. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 190 Sardinia..is ysey in þe see of Affrica to þe likenes of a preent [L. vestigij] of a mannes foot. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 47 Ȝit may men see in þe roche þe prynte of oure Lorde hend. 1474 W. Caxton tr. (1883) iii. vi. 136 The prynte of the horse shoo and nayles abode euer in his visage. 1510 H. Watson sig. Eiv Empte ye basyn and take out the locke , & yf that ye se that the prynte of the locke abyde in the basyn knowe for a certaynte that the sayd woman is with chylde ryght grete. 1546 T. Phaer (1553) Q viij The swellyng or puffyng vp..pressed wyth the finger, there remaineth a print. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 141 A faire medicine to cure..the black prints remaining after strokes. 1646 Sir T. Browne i. iv To deface the print of a cauldron in the ashes. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Arbuthnot i. 7 He would pinch the Children..so hard, that he left the Print of his Forefingers and his Thumb in black and blue. 1760 L. Sterne II. ii. 15 In any one of these three cases, the print, left by the thimble, will be as unlike the prototype as a brass-jack. 1785 T. Jefferson vi. 70 He..seated himself on a neighbouring mountain, on a rock of which his seat and the print of his feet are still to be seen. 1818 M. W. Shelley I. vi. 137 The print of the murderer's finger was on his neck. 1853 E. K. Kane (1856) xxix. 239 Returning..we saw the recent prints of a bear and two cubs. 1867 R. I. Murchison (new ed.) ii. 29 Smaller ripples..together with apparent rain-prints [in stratified rocks]. 1928 3 413/1 The finger, palm and sole prints of the twins..resemble each other closely. 1954 F. Lloyd Wright ii. 217 You would come out of the tub with a print of the mosaic designs on your backside. 2001 J. Waterman i. 50 The sand is dented with the size fourteen prints of a grizzly or a small polar bear. society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] 1548 f. ccxxiijv That no print or shadowe, should remain of the aduerse faccion, in his realme. 1615 G. Sandys 228 The inhabitants..yet retaine some print of the Punicke language. 1670 S. Wilson (new ed.) ii. 160 Hard by it appeare some prints of the Temple of Venus and Cupid. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 177 Scarce any prints of what he had been remained. society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > fingerprint 1914 18 Jan. He was picked up by detectives out of curiosity; his prints were sent away. They came back from Scotland Yard branding the possessor as an international criminal. 1936 A. Christie xxii. 215 Handled it with gloves,..and..the last prints would be those of Mrs. Benson herself. 1957 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge (1959) xiii. 170 Harry here gets to thinking maybe he touched something and left prints. 1999 S. Stewart vii. 115 It's not so bad. I'll probably get off; my prints weren't on anything. And if I do a stretch, I do a stretch. 2. figurative. society > communication > representation > [noun] > a representation the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > image of a person or thing society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol 1340 (1866) 158 As a ssewere onderuagþ [read onderuangþ] anhaste alle þe ssepþes and þe prientes [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues figures] þet comeþ him be-uore, alsuo deþ þe gost of þe manne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 312v A certein spiritual medlynge chaungeþ þe ayre..and takeþ þe prynte and likenesse of þe fumosite and comeþ to þe brayn and presenteþ þat prynte and liknes to þe soule. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius (Linc. Cathedral 103) 81 (MED) Þi sones..be In manere printes [v.rr. prentice, prinetese] and as exsaumpleres Bothe of theire eldere fadir and of the. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1452 in (1981) 58 It bare the prent off my persoun. 1543 More's Hist. Richard III in f. xlviii This is the fathers owne fygure, this is his owne countenounce, the veraye prynte of his visage. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 629, in at Prent Or ellis at lest the prent of his visage was out of thair memory. 1619 E. Chaloner tr. J. Bédé Pref. sig. ¶¶4v A new and upstart Religion whereof there are no prints extant in antiquitie. a1897 T. E. Brown (1900) 215 The son..grew to be the very prent..of the skipper. the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun] > imparting character > imparted character c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 17 (MED) For wanne we [read me] takeþ þis sacrement, His soule prente takeþ. c1390 (Vernon) (1950) 12 (MED) He prented in my soule þe ymage of him selue..Allas..hou haue I chaunged þat prente and dampned my-seluen. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 38 (MED) Moral lawe of kinde..is not ellis than moral philosophie writen depe in mannis soule, there ligging with the prent and the ymage of God. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) (1859) 10 Deformynge in hym self the prent and the figure, that god hath set in hym. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 53 (MED) The yong..haue so taken the prynte of light will that thei dispose them to live like galauntes in ydel prodigalite. 1583 G. Babington vii. 304 Which needeth no proofe besides..that print which in his conscience euerie one carrieth about. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 41 She hath not yet forgot him, some more time Must weare the print of his remembrance on't. 1641 R. Carpenter ii. viii. 196 To lay him low, and make him supple, to take the print of Humility. 1766 O. Goldsmith II. viii. 121 Our Saxon ancestors..had but few executions in times of peace; and in all commencing governments that have had the print of nature still strong upon them, scarce any crime is held capital. 1798 H. M. Williams I. xvi. 226 Scenes, where every natural object bore the print of uncultivated beauty. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. viii, in 5 Sooner or later I too may passively take the print Of the golden age. 1894 A. Conan Doyle 15 Her face was haggard, and thin, and eager; stamped with the print of a recent horror. 1931 C. Rourke in M. Schorer et al. (1948) i. 93 There is irony in the fact that so wide and subtle an accomplishment should have been produced within a tradition that still bore the print of the pioneer. 2005 (Nexis) 52 47 The whole thinking of Greek philosophy..about the process of mental representation seen as a print left on the soul by the perceptions. the world > space > shape > [noun] > in which anything appears a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 854 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 121 The pure howlatis appele completly was planyt..He besocht..That yai wald pray natur his prent to renewe. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece (1858) III. 415 Hir plesand prent, hir perfit portrature, Exceidit far all vther creatuir. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > stencilling > [noun] > equipment 1354 in L. F. Salzman (1952) 167 (MED) [6 dozen and 8 foils of tin for] pryntes [for the painting of the chapel]. society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) Kings Prol. 5 Samaritanys also þe fyue bokis of Moises wriityn in as fele lettris, oneli in fygurys & prentis dyuersynge. a1425 (Stonyhurst) f. 12 Caracter, a gret token, shap, or a prente. c1475 (c1399) (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. 108 Þat comounes of contre..Sholde knowe be hir quentise þat þe kyng loued hem For her priuy prynte passinge anoþer. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil i. vi. 13 b Afore that time [of Esdras] the Hebrues and Samarites vsed all one carecters and print of their letters. 5. An instrument for impressing something. society > occupation and work > equipment > marking tools > [noun] > stamping tools society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > with a stamp or device > that which society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [noun] > equipment society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > casting methods > mould a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vi. 2149 The god Amos..Tok forth a ring, wherinne a ston Was set, and grave therupon A Sonne..And with that priente..Upon the queenes wombe he sette A Seal. 1427 Inventory T. Filkes in J. Blair & N. Ramsay (1991) iv. 71 [Contents of pewterer's workshop] Prynts. 1463 in S. Tymms (1850) 15 I be qwethe to the Prior a good purs..with a dowbill seel with two prentys hanggyng by a cheyne of syluer. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 606 The prent off luff him punȝeit at the last So asprely. 1586 in W. Greenwell (1860) II. 139 v printes for gingbreade 12d. 1660 T. Stanley III. i. 129 Matter, is the print, mother, nurse, and productrix of the third essence. 1758 R. Dossie II. 214 It may not be improper, where there is a prospect of keeping the wooden print for any length of time, to use very thin plank, and cement it down..upon thick old plank. 1789 C. O'Brien I. E8 Some treacle and lamp-black may be mixed and diffused with a pad..over the face of the print [sc. the block used in block-printing of calicoes]. 1847 J. O. Halliwell II Print, a mould for coin, &c. 1886 H. S. H. Pegler xiii. 142 A print or box-mould, after being dipped into cold water, is used to make the butter into little pats. 1975 19 June g1/3 Flour the print for each pressing. 1992 M. Margetts 123/1 Experiment with decorative wooden ‘prints’, or biscuit stamps, and metal biscuit cutters in different shapes. 1839 A. Ure 379 In order to make the bolster of a given size, and to give it..shape and neatness, it is introduced into a die, and a swage placed upon it; the swage has a few smart blows given it by the striker. This die and swage are, by the workman, called prints. 1987 P. Smithurst 18/1 The bolster was formed using a pair of..bolster prints. The prints had cavities cut out of their mating surfaces, corresponding to the shape of the bolster required. 1849 18 Aug. 384/3 After pattern fig. 2 has been made, the core formed in the box fig. 3, is inserted in the recesses left for it by the core prints, the casting fig. 1 will be made, which otherwise would be solid. 1857 J. Scoffern et al. 499 Core-prints corresponding to the apertures of the connecting links [of a chain]. 1884 (1893) 37 Prints are extensions of the cores, which project through the casting and into the sides of the mould, to be held by the sand or flask. 1916 L. S. Marks vi. 507 Standard specifications for steel castings... It is recommended that core prints shall be painted black. 2004 (Nexis) 178 208 Core prints should always be checked before putting cores into dies, and care should be taken not to distort the pattern during assembly. 6. Something bearing an impression. 1420 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 46/6 (MED) Also i bord mausure with a bond of seluer, & ouerguld, wyth a prent in þe myddylle. 1442 Inventory in (1870–3) 5 122 Item, a maser with An ymage of owre lady in the prynte. 1501 in C. J. Jackson (1911) II. 646 A maser wt a brode bonde, and a prynt of Jh'us in the botom. 1534 in E. Peacock (1866) 196 Item a Masar with a sengle band with a prynt of the vernacle in the bothom. 1890 Print,..the boss at the bottom of mazers and other vessels of the middle ages or later times. 1912 26 Apr. 4/2 The inside of the bowl was always ornamented in the centre with a silver disc, called a ‘print’. 1928 July 35/2 The subject of Sampson slaying the lion..once appearing on the enamelled ‘print’ at the bottom of a goblet. 1969 E. H. Pinto 45 Most of the mazers..have a circular medallion centrally placed on the interior base. In the 14th and 15th centuries, it was known as the ‘founce’ or ‘frounce’, and since then, generally as the ‘print’. the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > ball or pat 1566 J. Phillips sig. Avv We went into the milkhouse and there we did se the print of butter vpon the chese. 1688 R. Holme iii. viii. 335/1 All the Terms used by Dairy People about making of Cheese and Butter... A print of Butter. 1735 W. Burdon 23 A print of fresh butter cut in two will serve both Feet. 1768 L. Sterne II. 128 He had brought the little print of butter upon a currant leaf. 1813 G. MacIndoe 210 Meg was bright's a Lamas moon Her cheeks they shone like prints o' butter. 1877 Feb. 175 Saucers of cream and prints of butter were to be found upon the dresser. 1903 12 Mar. A mold.., the bottom or follower of which was a curved board divided into a number of sections, each of which corresponded to a half pound print of cheese. 1965 31 Aug. 6 It's sae blunt it wad hardly slice a print o' butter. 1998 (Nexis) 7 Jan. b2 Creameries in Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton have been buying the bulk butter from cold storage and repackaging it in one-pound prints with wrappers marked [etc.]. II. Typographical and related uses. 7. in print. (Cf. out of print adv.) a. society > communication > printing > [adverb] > in print ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) II. Epil. lf. 350 I haue practysed & lerned at my grete charge and dispense to ordeyne this said book in prynte after the maner & forme as ye may here see. a1479 J. Paston Inventory of Bks. in (2004) I. 517 A boke jn preente off þe Pleye of þe [Chess]. 1533 in J. W. Clay (1902) VI. 38 A antiphonar in prynt. 1553 in tr. S. Gardiner (new ed.) Pref. sig. Aij A certaine Sermon, made in Englshe..by doctour Tonstall..and set furthe in Printe. 1563 N. Winȝet (1888) I. 60 To put furth our mynd in prent at hame. 1606 N. Breton sig. G1 My Mistris was saluted by a spruse companion that loookt [sic] like a letter in print. 1644 J. Milton 21 He..must appear in print like a punie with his guardian, and his censors hand on the back of his title. 1662 J. Evelyn iv. 45 After Raphaels death, did Julio Romano publish some of his own designes in print. 1690 J. Locke Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Things in print must stand and fall by their own Worth, or the Reader's Fancy. 1712 R. Steele No. 509. ⁋1 My present Correspondent, I believe, was never in Print before. 1766 T. Jefferson Let. 25 May in (1950) I. 20 I would give you an account of the rejoicings here on the repeal of the stamp act but this you will probably see in print before my letter can reach you. 1816 Ld. Byron 51 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in't. 1845 H. S. Thirlway 5 Nov. (1996) ii. 18 For the first time I saw my name coupled with my father's in print. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ lviii. 427 However, when the above item appeared in print I put full faith in it. 1908 11 Nov. 3/4 Their appearance in print was hailed with pleasure by Johnsonians and Boswellians. 1943 R. Ingersoll iii. ii. 121 The rocket launcher..was first used in the landing in Africa and only in recent months, very properly, has the army allowed even a reference to it in print. 1984 A. Oakley (1985) 2 It goes against the grain of a basically shy and retiring nature to see myself in print in this way. 2001 25 Oct. 15/2 Mr Chirac's extra-marital exploits have long been rumoured, but rarely mentioned in print. 1841 20 May 6/1 (advt.) Every number of the Flutonicon, from 1 to 90, is in print. 1861 July 55/2 He will easily get Tennyson's Poems [etc.]..all the books in print, as it is termed. 1945 H. L. Mencken 11 Oct. (1989) 384 He thinks that Knopf should keep all of his books in print... I proposed that he pick out four or five that he really cherishes, and prepare them for reprinting. 1987 R. Manning xiv. 153 I am sorry that this novel is no longer in print. Its theme was one I felt deeply. 2001 11 Feb. ii. 4/1 The 1957 record ‘Bing With a Beat’ is in print as a CD. 2005 (Nexis) 6 Nov. 55 The Express Bookshop offers a postage free..service for all books currently in print in the UK. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > in print society > communication > printing > publishing > [adverb] > in print 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in 357 Considering that what soeuer is vttered in such mennes hearing, must bee done in printe, as wee say in oure common Prouerbe. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 96 Concerning the body, as there is no Gentlewoman so curious to haue him in print, so is ther no one so careles to haue him a wretch, only his right shape to shew him a man. a1592 R. Greene (1593) ii. sig. H Dames nowadayes..Paced in print, braue loftie lookes, not vsde with the vestals. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 159 All this I speak in print, for in print I found it. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iv. 88 O sir, we quarrel in print, by the booke: as you haue bookes for good manners. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton iii. ii. iii. 619 He must..speake in print, walke in print, eat and drinke all in print, and that which is all in all, hee must be mad in print. 1658 W. Gurnall 267 If his heart be on his garden, O how neatly it is kept! it shall lie, as we say, in print. 1692 J. Locke §22 Not design'de to lie always in my young Master's Bed at home, and to have his Maid lay all Things in print, and tuck him in warm. a1825 R. Forby (1830) 260 ‘In print,’ means exactly, to a nicety. 1854 A. E. Baker II. 137 She's always in print, and so is her house. 1881 S. Evans (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘Shay kips all 'er plazes in print’, is high praise for a servant who keeps her own part of the house neat and clean. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [adverb] > crimped: of ruff 1598 E. Guilpin v. sig. D6v Neat as a Merchants ruffe, that's set in print. 1600 N. Breton (rev. ed.) sig. C2 Hee that can combe his head and curle his bearde, And set his Ruffes, and weare his Cloake in print. 1602 T. Dekker sig. E4v Your ruffe must stand in print, and for that purpose, gette poking sticks. 1605 G. Chapman v. i. H iv b Tis such a picked fellow, not a haire About his whole Bulke, but it stands in print. 1617 H. Fitzgeffrey sig. B5v To set in print the Haire: Character the Face: Or dye in graine the Ruffe for Visage grace. 1629 J. Gaule 91 His [sc. a proper squire's] Beuer cocks, Feather waggs, Locks houer, and Beard stands in print. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 132 in II Pen. iu.: Put on my Girdle. Rascal, sits my Ruffe well? Lin. In print. a1642 J. Suckling Poems 18 in (1646) It is so rare..to see Ought that belongs to young Nobility In print (but their own clothes) that we must praise. 1673 A. Behn iii. ii. 43 A Coller in stead of a Cravat twelve inches high; with a blew, stiff, starcht, lawn Band, set in print like your Whiskers. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Epistles i. 5 in (1679) When you see a Man Dress, and set his Cloths in Print, you shall be sure to find his Words so too. 1746 A. Arbuthnot 171 His Wig very fair, and well powder'd; his curious Band set in Print, which the nicest Nun could not have found the least Fault with. the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter 1600 B. Jonson ii. iii. sig. Giiiv You are a gallant in print now Brother. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton i. ii. 65 I am sure my husband is a man in print, for all things else, saue onely in this. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Bosse Sot en bosse et platte peinture, a foole in print, asse in graine, compleat coxcombe, absolute hoydon. a1640 P. Massinger Guardian ii. i. 36 in (1655) Is he not Madam A Monsieur in print? What a garb was there! a1713 A. Pitcairne (1722) iv. iii. 76 That's a troubling Rogue as ever pish'd..he hath as much Sense and Philosophy as to make him a Fool in Print. 8. society > communication > printing > [noun] society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] 1499 (de Worde) sig. Divv Ryght as whyte paper is redy to the prent Of blacke, and blewe, fayr, and foule ymagerye. 1507 in M. Livingstone (1908) I. 223/2 To..bring hame ane prent with al stuf belangand tharto and expert men to use the samyne for imprenting..of..bukis [etc.]. 1535 G. Joye sig. Eiv Frith wrote tindals answers to More for tindale, and corrected them in the prynte. 1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .i Neither translated ready to the Prynte, ne yet appoynted certaynly to be translated. 1560 J. Jewel Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole sig. E.v Certeine bothe honorable, and worshipful, yt would gladly haue our doynges to the printe, and so published. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Pref. f. 1v This Apology being written..and made ready for the print..it seemed good..to stay the impression of it, vntil [etc.]. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle sig. A4 Let me give my Youth the most content, Which is to write, and send it to the Print. 1691 A. Wood I. 134 Mr. Doctor Stevens..espyed certain false allegations in his Masters book, whilst it was under the print in London. society > communication > printing > printing trade > [adverb] 1973 L. Heren ii. 39 For our mother, only a minimum of education was required to ensure a good safe job in the print. 1986 2 Feb. 8/1–2 The chances of another job ‘in the print’ are practically nil. 1993 J. Meades (1994) 446 A lifetime in the print, composing in hot metal, has left him almost blind, has left him unable to read and write save back to front. 9. society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > a print society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] 1507 in E. Hobhouse (1890) 52 A grett portuos of prynte. 1583 A. Nowell (ed. 2) sig. Gi He tooke the booke, and..both read and gaue the sense of the writer..whereat..he was demanded why hee did not so before? who mildely answered, that the print was ouer small. 1606 G. Chapman ii The culler of his beard I scarse remember; but purblind he was With the Geneva print. 1657 T. Atkin Let. in T. Fuller (1662) Northumb. 309 Forty years since he could not read the biggest Print without Spectacles, and now..there is no Print so small..but he can read it without them. 1698 J. Fryer 50 A small Print might easily be read by it. 1773 S. Johnson 5 July (1992) II. 41 I can now write without trouble, and can read large prints. 1797 D. Fenning p. ix The Postscript is no less useful to instruct such as cannot read old English print. 1819 T. Jefferson Let. 21 Mar. in (1984) 1417 I use spectacles at night, but not necessarily in the day, unless in reading small print. 1856 R. W. Emerson ii. 34 The sea-fire shines in her wake... Near the equator, you can read small print by it. 1891 3 Oct. 448/2 Books..notable for the sylvan colour of the wrappers, their large print and liberal margin. 1923 C. Matson (title) Books for tired eyes: a list of books in large print. 1959 R. Bradbury (1963) 52 Martinez looked at the piece of folded pink paper with print on it, with names and numbers. 2003 (Nexis) 18 Apr. 39 It was surprising that the menu, in tiny, squiggly print requiring 20/20 vision, was presented in a cheap, plastic wallet. 1623 in C. Butler (rev. ed.) sig. A2 An Abstract of that Wisdome, Power, and Loue, Which is imprinted on the Heau'ns aboue In larger Volumes, for their eies to see, That in such little prints behold not Thee. 1628 J. Earle xlv. sig. H5v Shee is a Non-conformist in a close Stomacher and Ruffe of Geneua Print, and her puritie consists much in her Linnen. 1638 J. Suckling i. 5 Well, Ile away first, for the print's too big If we be seene together. 1843 C. Dickens (1844) xxvi. 319 All the wickedness of the world is Print to him. 1992 D. Morgan iii. xiv. 253 But in the small print of the 1976 election returns, there were worrisome signs for Democrats. society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > state of being printed 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Prol. sig. AAiv I shewed the foresayd boke Unto my lorde the gentyll Erle of kente..With his counsayle to put it in to prente. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in 245/2 The worke..by theyr authorities so put vnto prent, as all the copies should come whole vnto the bysshoppes hande. 1593 R. Cosin (rev. ed.) sig. B2 To put mine aforesaide rawe discourse of these matters..vnto print againe, to bee made publike. 1617 F. Moryson ii. 71 A certaine dangerous seditious Pamphlet was of late put forth into print. 1704 W. M. Pref. sig. A2 Two Gentlewomen that have made no small struggle..to get into Print; and who are now in such a State of Wedlock to Pen and Ink, that it will be very difficult for 'em to get out of it. 1793 F. Reynolds i. 15 Vapid. Now do take my advice and write a play... Nev. But I confess I have no desire to get into print. 1854 19 Aug. 4/6 The rubbish..will never see print; no publisher will father it. 1888 Sept. 333/1 The small stream of that which he allows to pass by him [sc. an editor] and reach print. 1904 tr. C. A. Sainte-Beuve II. 271 Here is a little story which has never, as I believe, reached print. 1932 E. V. Lucas vi. 121 I publish it here for the first time—it has waited only forty-five years for print. 1950 15 7 There is one fundamental reason why freelance articles so rarely see print. 1977 14 Mar. 31/1 Nor is it likely that a British version of the Pentagon papers or the Watergate scandals would ever have seen the light of print. 2005 (Nexis) 3 Nov. Although the book began to take shape in the 1920s..it did not reach print until 1964. society > communication > printing > publishing > a publication > [noun] > issue or edition 1535 G. Joye sig. Civ When these two pryntes (there were of them bothe aboute v thousand bokis printed) were al soulde..the dewch men prynted it agen..in a small volume lyke their firste prynt. 1560 in tr. E. Roesslin (new ed.) sig. A.iv In the other printes, there lacked matter necessary to the openyng and declaration of the figures. 1565 T. Harding sig. Aiij Thou shalt fynde Reader, these wordes, in the first print, fol. 41.a, in the later print, fol. 61.a. 1624 T. James Let. in R. Parr (1686) Coll. lxiii. 304 To compare old Prints with the new. 1887 11 July 3/2 Notwithstanding an immense ‘print’, the papers rapidly reached a premium of, in some cases, 300 per cent. 1970 12 Sept. 2 I hear that Progress publishers have printed 4½ million books on the new teaching methods, and 147 new textbooks with a print of 186 million. 2000 (Nexis) 23 June e11 We have certainly never heard of anyone else doing such a large first print of a book, children's or otherwise. 12. society > communication > journalism > journal > [noun] society > communication > journalism > journal > [noun] > generally 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Math. Præf. sig. Aij Will they prouoke him, by worde and Print. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in (Wing C4662) 33 A Psalme of mercy in a miscreant print. 1654 E. Nicholas (1892) II. 108 The English letters came not till last evning and soe late as I could not see the prints, but heare they conteyne little. 1689 R. Atkyns 11 It is that Point which the Answerer's first Print, viz. his Antidote against Poyson, did not mention. 1699 T. Brown tr. Erasmus 8 When a thing is lost, they don't put it in the publick Prints, as we doe; but fix a Printed Paper on the Wall. 1727 J. Swift Horace Imitated in J. Swift ii. 40 Inform us, will the emp'ror treat? Or, do the prints and papers lye? 1781 R. B. Sheridan i. ii I believe, Mr. Puff, I have often admired your talents in the daily prints. 1800 2 Jan. 2/4 We cannot invoke too seriously the public reprobation upon the information constantly conveyed by means of some of the daily prints to our enemy. 1828 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales in C. M. H. Clark (1950) viii. 435 Partly on account of..any but a very few ever having access to the English prints,..the affairs of the mother country soon became..of no interest. 1871 J. Morley Condorcet in (1878) 52 The freedom of the press, the multitude of the public prints, were all so many insurmountable barriers against a French Cromwell. 1892 22 Dec. 470/3 Of course, the Government prints take in each case the opposite view. 1942 D. Powell (1943) iv. 80 A few names, if sufficiently in the public prints, naturally did stick. 1973 30 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 The popular prints are interested in Parliament only when something dramatic blows up, or when an MP..makes an ass of himself. 2002 13 Jan. i. 18/1 To read the public prints of late, you would conclude that America has a new president. society > law > [noun] > bill > printed copy of 1766 10 In the very first Print of the Bill, it's..original Destination, is varied by a species of Management neither very usual, or very commendable in public Transactions. 1799 C. T. Ellis 14 The absent party signed a Print of the Bill annexed to the affidavit..and consents that the same be passed into a law. 1828 in J. A. Picton (1886) II. 329 That the intended Bill..be read.., and Prints of the Bill circulated. 1883 13 Feb. 13/2 A print of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, and of the above agreements, may be seen at the offices of the Solicitors. 1928 25 July 18/5 Prints of the Memorandum and Articles of Association can be inspected at any time. 1972 2 Aug. 12/3 Lord Aberdare..said that there were mistakes and omissions in the present print of the bill. 2001 4 July 1/2 Lear's copy of one of the original prints of the document [sc. the Declaration of Independence] will be a centerpiece of a celebration that includes a staged reading. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [noun] > a print 1585 J. Blagrave (title page) Compiled and published..by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1643 W. Hollar (title page) This Sett contains 48 Prints, price 4s. 1662 J. Evelyn iv. 38 With eight more Prints [i.e. woodcuts by Dürer] of this subject. 1662 J. Evelyn iv. 48 Diogenes..a very rare print [i.e. a chiaroscuro]. 1677 (caption) (facing title page) Engraved by J. Hilar from a rare print by Clouet. a1701 H. Maundrell (1703) 7 Were fastened to the Wall two or three old Prints. a1745 J. Richardson Ess. Prints in (1792) 263 He hath etched several valuable prints. 1755 S. Johnson Print,..3. Pictures cut in wood or copper to be impressed on paper. It is usual to say wooden prints and copper plates. 1774 O. Goldsmith II. 307 In such a case..there is no other substitute but a good print of the animal to give an idea of its figure. 1815 J. Smith II. 752 This combination of the two modes of colouring prints has a good effect. 1821 W. M. Craig vii. 384 The earliest specimen that we have of it is in a print, by Albert Durer. 1898 J. Pennell 54 From 1817 onwards the great lithographic houses issued their prints by ‘hundreds and thousands’. 1954 ‘W. March’ i. 10 There was no reason whatever to assume that he'd even seen the old skating print. 1981 W. Russell i. i. 1 On one wall hangs a good print of a nude religious scene. 2005 (Nexis) 1 Nov. 94 The linocut prints can be appreciated for their artistic quality and will be fun for browsers to pore over. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific pattern the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [noun] > printed the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coloured, patterned, or printed society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [noun] > textiles > pattern 1679 in J. A. Johnston (1991) 55 36 tufted fringe..5 score and 13 yards of print..8 Hand fringes. 1765 tr. M. De Sévigné VII. 108 The dirty jacket of an inhabitant of the galleys, will sit but uncouthly upon him, who has been all his lifetime used to dress in print. 1825 E. Weeton Let. 22 Apr. in (1969) II. 352 When you open the parcel..you will find the print which I have procured for you: there are two patterns, a yard each. 1852 N. Hawthorne iii. 21 She was dressed as simply as possible, in an American print. 1891 T. Hardy I. xvii. 224 Mrs. Crick..wore a hot stuff gown in warm weather because the dairymaids wore prints. 1917 1409/2 Best English Prints, for Servants' Dresses. 1946 B. Macdonald v. xxii. 216 Mrs. Hicks had on a blue flowered print, a touch of orange lipstick,..and lots of bright pink ‘rooje’ scrubbed into her cheeks. 1964 vii. 108/1 First check to see if the print has a regular directional pattern. 1976 25 Mar. 11/3 Made in pure silk chiffon, it was chosen from a range of evening dresses in many prints and colours. 2005 (Nexis) 2 July d2 Prints are very popular this season, particularly florals. Designers have used vintage and tropical floral prints as well as floral motifs. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > picture produced from negative society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > printing > [noun] > a print 1853 R. Hunt (ed. 3) 22 Attempts are being made, at this time, to fix the images produced by the Daguerreotype—perfect prints, it is true, but which are as light as the vapour from which they are produced. 1879 (new ed.) III. 207 A good print may be obtained by a person who is unskilled in making a negative. 1912 F. A. Talbot viii. 87 The majority of cinematograph manufacturing establishments undertake to develop negatives, and to supply positive prints ready for projection. 1939 Mack & Martin ix. 304 It is the final objective of the photographic process to produce a positive image (either a transparency or a paper print). 1958 C. L. Thomson 39 Transparencies as a basis for prints have the advantage that the printer knows in advance that the colour photograph is a successful one. 1973 H. Gruppe (1974) xiv. 141 The movie was a..bad Western... The print was on its sixth tour through the Atlantic Fleet, and..the worse for wear. 2005 (Nexis) 25 Sept. (Features section) 67 I took my photos into the shop on a USB memory key, but a CD or memory card will work just as well. You get the same choices with your prints as you do with standard film. society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > quality of reproduced sound > signal produced by 1950–1 5 250/2 On playback..the comparatively high-level prints resulting from storage are replayed at their initial level. 1958 H. G. M. Spratt iii. 110 The strength of the print rises rapidly immediately the reel has been wound up. 1962 A. Nisbett iv. 84 The erasure is more marked on the small printed signal than on the main body of the recording (the print being reduced by perhaps 16 dB, as against 3 dB off the main signal). B. adj.2 ( attributive). the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific pattern the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > other 1820 8 May 4/2 (advt.) The property of a Gentleman quitting his residence. Comprising Bedsteads of various descriptions,..a cylinder fall writing desk, sets of modern cotton print window curtains, 2 chimney glasses, [etc.]. 1856 H. B. Stowe vii. 81 Fanny herself was arrayed in a very pretty print dress, which her father had brought home in a recent visit. 1883 R. L. Stevenson 133 He chose the print stuff for his wife's dresses. 1926 8 Apr. 17/2 (advt.) Girls' wash dresses. Dainty little print material dresses, some belt styles and some gathered at the neck. 1987 A. Miller (1988) ii. 79 She wore a flowered blue cotton print dress, high-crowned tucked bonnet of the same material with a visor ten inches deep. 1922 28 Mar. 18/5 These plates are of pictures never before reproduced in print form. 1963 C. Y. Nolan in S. A. Kirk & B. B. Weiner iv. 135 The adapted tests consisted of two forms administered on successive days by the classroom teachers... Braille problems were presented exactly as in the print edition. 1987 (Nexis) 31 Oct. 2 With this grant, we will produce a print copy of the database for sale to libraries as well as a microcomputer version. 2000 24 Jan. 69/1 Originally a print publication modeled on the stalwart Value Line , the all-Internet service is divided into six ‘books’ that are regularly updated. Compounds C1. General attributive, objective, etc. (chiefly in sense A. 13). 1851 H. Mayhew I. 374/1 The ‘print-brokers’, who sell ‘gown-pieces’ to the hawkers or street-traders. 1994 21 Dec. a14/1 McNair has an eight-year background as a print broker and advertising specialty salesperson. 1815 W. H. Ireland 141 Mr. Urquhart..whose taste, as a book and print collector, is further extended to a predilection for the ropes which have ended the career of all our notorious malefactors. 1933 July 47/2 To awaken interest in the variety of achievement open to the print-collector. 2004 (Nexis) 15 May (Citizen's Weekly section) j13 Print collectors can turn to the resources of the Print & Drawings Study Room of the National Gallery to verify the age of a print. 1956 G. Seldes 231 Our print culture will have to adapt itself to the electronic system also. 1962 M. McLuhan 142 The highly literate Westerner steeped in the lineal and homogeneous modes of print culture has much trouble with the non-visual world of modern mathematics and physics. 2002 (Nexis) 24 Feb. 18 Software manufacturers deliberately play on the seductive lure of print culture when they talk about desktop publishing. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [noun] > print-maker 1583 in M. A. Havinden (1965) 146 A pece of plate for the pryntmaker..0 2. 1752 H. Fielding 21 June 1/2 By feeding both..Appetites the Print-makers have very plentifully fed themselves. 1935 R. Hinks iii. ii. 181 It is possible that the medieval painter might have utilised the solution successfully, just as certain Japanese printmakers adopted European perspective to good effect. 1995 Spring 9/1 These exhibitions were a way of saying thank you to a printmaker who has contributed a great deal to the development of Calgary's art community. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [noun] 1795 J. Reeves 3 Hitting upon the mode by which print-making and print-selling were brought to prosper. 1865 C. Eaton II. 245 [He came] from England to this country in the print-making business, left it..and became a Methodist minister. 1993 Feb. 43 John studied fine art at Yale University, and did his third year in Paris. There, he pursued his work in printmaking. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > branding or marking > brand 1656 N. Stephens vii. 167 The Mark in their Forehead, and in their right hand, is not a visible brand or print-mark consisting of Letters and syllables. 1701 No. 3694/4 A bright-bay Gelding near 16 hands,..a Print-Mark pretty high on the near Buttock. a1867 F. Halleck (1869) 168 Where—on each magisterial nose In colors of the rainbow linger..The printmarks of your thumb and finger. 2005 (Nexis) 1 June c5 This morning shorebirds gather once again, leaving their print marks in the smooth sand. 1804 45 360/1 An open saloon, where are petty book-stalls and print-pedlars. 2004 E. J. Laing ii. 47 In villages, print peddlers sold from stalls. C2. 1905 30 Dec. 1362/1 They [sc. stock characters] have done duty so often, that they are now like battered wood-blocks, and only print-blurred. 1968 5 Mar. 3/2 Print Buffer... On receiving a print command the 036 controls the transfer of information from the central processor to its own buffer... When this information has been transferred, the central processor is released to perform other work. 2004 (Nexis) 18 Mar. g4/5 If you send a file that is too large for the print buffer to store, the printer will usually produce an error message, freeze or stop printing. 1841 30 June 47/2 The Centre Market was most abundantly supplied with meats, vegetables, fruits, &c. at very moderate prices. Print Butter ranged from 20 to 31¼c per lb.; Chickens, pair, 50 to 75; new Potatoes, peck, 25; [etc.]. 1963 M. McCarthy ix. 194 Libby was scandalized by the amount of fresh print butter Polly mixed in..plus brandy and sherry. 1998 (Nexis) 2 July 6 Stocks of bulk and print butter are in close balance to short of desired needs. Some users of bulk butter are utilising imported produce. society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > parts which hold type 1962 H. Borko 70 The typewriter is a slow printer because time is consumed in raising the key to the paper and returning it to its original position. These inertial effects are minimized in high-speed printing by using a print wheel, print chain, or matrix printer. 1982 6 19/1 The upper and lower case print chain or train produced a print quality inferior to that of typical typewriter copy. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > for specific uses > for printing 1848 5 Aug. 365/3 In the Craigville Mills under my charge, the goods manufactured are Print Cloths. 1867 13 Mar. 1/4 There is a large failure reported in Providence in the print cloth trade. 1943 H. W. Krieger 40 The native dress of the women..has been for the most part replaced by the ‘Mother Hubbard’, which is made of imported cotton print cloth. 1987 4 June d14/2 I learned last week that 5 million square yards of cotton sheeting and printcloth from the Soviet Union had been imported here over the last 12 months. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > engraver 1766 18 George Gill, print-cutter, Crayford, Kent. 1908 at Print sb. Print-cutter,..a knife for cutting photographic prints. 1946 2 Oct. 20/1 (advt.) Enlarging camera, print cutter, contact printers, trays, etc., $55. 1948 17 Nov. Schlesser..had been a print cutter since he was a young man. He was employed at the Beaudry Wall Paper Company for many years. 2002 (Nexis) 5 Feb. 42 Extras include a portrait background, timer, presentation wallets, print cutter and a single-shot adaptor. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [noun] > textiles > factory for printing 1839 A. Ure 213 Calico-printing..was unknown as an English art till 1696, when a small print-ground was formed upon the banks of the Thames, near Richmond. 1968 No. 45. 148 Even in 1851 some of the craftsmen employed by the industry had come from the print grounds of the Wandle valley and from the central lowlands of Scotland. society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > resembling print 1676 J. Moxon 4 They say, what needs all this ado about Letters, when every Painter or Mason can make them well enough without these Directions? And if they are not so exact Print Hand, yet they may very well be read, and are as significant as if they were made by these Rules. c1696 in (1858) Addenda 294 What few missals and antiphonaries we had were only such as her predecessors had taken the pains to write for the present, in a print-hand. 1826 M. R. Mitford II. 250 The letter in print-hand, proper to the damsel of six years old. 1998 D. Link 195 Sometimes he writes in print hand when quoting phrases from an aria or a song, or naming someone he is mentioning for the first time. society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > parts which hold type 1968 July 56/2 The page printer consists of the print head, paper drive, character select and print head advance mechanisms. 1980 11 Dec. p. xxii/3 The printhead is a..solid-state thermal device that eliminates the need for conventional pen-and-ink systems. 2006 (Nexis) 15 Jan. e5 Cheap generic ink that is not fully compatible with your printer..can clog the print head. 1875 E. H. Knight III. 1789/2 Print-holder,..a small frame for suspension from a nail or supported at the back in the manner of an easel, adapted to hold and exhibit a photograph. 1890 (at cited word) Print-holder,..3. In photog., any device for holding a print flat, or in a desired position. 1940 30 7 The instrument consists of an adjustable print holder. 1998 (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Features section) e4 Even when storing pictures in a safe place, it's advisable to use archival storage devices, such as archival photo albums, print holders, slide and negative sheets, and boxes. 1917 28 Jan. 16/8 We'll submit estimates..covering any print job you may have in contemplation. 1977 387/1 The data to be transmitted to the H-P 9830A resides in the RJE station's print queue as a print job. 1993 Feb. 56/2 I..use my network access privileges to cancel his print jobs. 2003 Apr. 36 Let's take a look at some plate mounting tape systems that are available for use, even for difficult print jobs. society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > resembling print 1800 C. Hutton (ed. 4) 206 After the small alphabet is gone through, the capitals may be next, the print letters afterwards, and so on. 1837 C. Dickens li. 555 It ain't my father's writin' 'cept this here signater in print letters. 1898 4 June 638/2 My grandad writ it on the butt of his sword-blade in clear round print letters. 2000 108 244 Print letters are plain and easily read, while cursive letters..are harder to read. 1902 XXXI. 702/2 A ‘Print meter’ is also made for showing the exposures in contact-printing on sensitive papers. society > communication > printing > material to be printed > [noun] > order for printing of specific number 1917 7 Feb. 12/2 (advt.) Does unusual quickness in delivery count with you? Then place your print orders with Adams. 1953 F. Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth (1955) ii. 13 The first issue comes out in the fall, with a print order of twenty million. 1990 G. Robertson (BNC) 90 The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of a director of a printing company who had been absent at the time a print order for obscene books was accepted. society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > paper 1858 10 Dec. (advt.) We sell print paper cheaper and a better article than can be found in this market. 1903 E. L. Shuman 13 If print paper were still made of rags the modern press could not exist. 2002 (Nexis) 26 Aug. The image from the negative is transferred to the print paper when light shines onto it. 1967 K. Fuchel & S. Heller in §17. 4 All computers have access to a job queue, a common print queue, and a pool of I/O resources. 1988 Apr. 104/1 The timeout feature tells the network spooler to issue an endspool command if you don't send anything to the print queue from your workstation for x seconds. 2003 (Nexis) 10 June 14 These are not machines for networks. With their limited memory and slow printing time, you would have a print queue a mile long within a very short time. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > place for keeping or exhibiting art > specific 1767 2 The performances marked thus * are to be disposed of; and those thus marked ¶ are in the Print Room. 1829 6 Oct. 2/2 It is not in engravings only that the print-room is so rich; the collection of original and undoubted drawings by the first masters..is almost beyond belief. 1862 ‘G. Eliot’ 17 May (1956) IV. 34 We..went to the Printroom of the British Museum to see Italian portraits of 15th cent. 1901 A. Whitman x. 132 Six officials have presided over the destinies of the Print Room. 2005 (Nexis) 16 Dec. 16 f Twin Cities artist Jim Meyer lined the gallery's print room with striking, beautifully colored woodcuts. society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > amount printed > amount printed at one time 1931 R. E. Finley 247 The May number..had sold out at once. Godey's increased its June print-run. 1975 (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxi. 311 These books..cannot always command the large print runs of text books. 1994 Autumn 40/1 The trick is to create a book which will have demand for a second print run (and hopefully a third, fourth, etc.). society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > resembling print 1922 (Board of Educ.) 5 During the last few years the movement in favour of ‘print-script’ has spread so widely in the schools of this country that a wish has been expressed that the experience of the Board's Inspectors should be made available to the general public. 1955 P. Rudland 6 A comparatively recent innovation in the teaching of handwriting is what is known as print-script... Print-script originated from an address on penmanship given by Edward Johnston at the Annual Conference of Teachers in 1913. 2002 (Nexis) 19 Jan. 14 Children had to write a cursive rather than a print script or ‘ball and stick’ letters. 1981 28 Dec. 120/2 Independent Computer Systems, Inc. has announced a print spooler for the Honeywell, Inc. Level 6/DPS 6 minicomputer. 2003 R. Herriot & I. McDonald (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 3510. 3 ‘IPP Client’ means the software..that submits, monitors, and/or manages print jobs via the IPP Protocol..to a print spooler, print gateway, or physical printing device. 1981 5 21 The former [sc. a shared printer] is better especially when coupled with a print-spooling system where output is buffered on to a disk and student activity is not held up during the printing. 2004 (Nexis) 17 Mar. b11 spool32. exe is a core Windows component that handles print spooling. It temporarily writes print jobs to your hard drive and frees memory for your computer to go about its business while printing in the background. 1902 Nov. 616/2 Had ‘print-states’ been numbered consecutively by the old publishers, we should now have graduated prices. 1970 Nov. 46/1 Proofs of print states. 2000 R. T. Clement et al. 88 Reproductions—have description of each print state, location of signatures, watermarks, and notes on design. society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > parts which hold type 1969 26 Apr. 4/2 (advt.) Computer Services. Two IBM 360/50's... 1—2401 M2 Tape Drive..2—1403 N1 (1100Lpm, RN print train). 1995 29 328/1 The Augustan Prose Sample had been compiled during a period when..the installation of upper-lower case print trains required special arrangements with computer rooms and their supervisors. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > engraver 1892 II. 57 If a circular print-trimmer is used, the print, if albumen, can be cut while damp. 1916 1 Dec. 798/1 An ordinary print trimmer makes a very satisfactory agar cutter. 1993 (Nexis) 59 14 I prefer to manually cut my strips rather than use a print trimmer. society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > unions of printers 1921 15 July 1/5 (headline) Duluth print unions sued by employers. 1959 22 July 1/5 Print unions reject hours and pay offer. 1991 K. Laybourn 187 Faced with the prospect of sequestration of their assets, SOGAT and the other print unions decided to call off the action. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > other processing or printing equipment 1889 E. J. Wall 261 (advt.) ‘Optimus’ rocking print-washer. 1952 16 Aug. 3/4 An amateur photographer can keep costs down by making his own equipment. One of the easiest and most useful photo lab items to make is a print washer. 1993 Jan. 83/1 It's a print washer with five slots which are independently fed with water, ensuring the water cleaning your prints is always fresh and not contaminated. society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > parts which hold type 1931 18 Sept. 3a It makes the recorder action so fast that the pen or print-wheel on a Micromax Recorder will step across the entire 91/ 8 inches of calibrated chart in less than twenty-two seconds. 1961 L. W. Hein xiii. 255 Print wheel 1 will be used to print the first letter of the name, and wheel 120 will be used for the cents position of the net pay figures on the stub. 1991 S. J. Gould iv. 68 Thomas Edison filed a patent for an electric print-wheel machine as early as 1872. C3. In compounds relating to newspapers and magazines as opposed to broadcast and other media. society > communication > journalism > [noun] 1961 23 Feb. 4/4 Still the reporters for radio and TV object to the discrimination in favor of what they call ‘print journalism’. 1975 1 May 578/3 Michael Barratt can be taken to task for unwittingly imposing the techniques of popular print journalism on television reportage. 1997 J. Seabrook iv. 97 Were these fellows respectable Jekylls of print journalism by day who changed into flaming Hydes of ASCII when they got home at night? society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] 1965 29 506/2 Precisely because the television documentarist works with the visual record of reality, this selective intervention on his part is more critical than for a print journalist. 1981 J. Monaco (rev. ed.) iv. 268 Filmmakers became reporters, with nearly as much freedom as print journalists, and television was the place to view their work. 1999 28 Sept. ii. 1/7 Nowadays, with fewer and fewer exceptions, print journalists are free, should the context require it, to bandy about all those four-letter words that were once..the exclusive preserve of speech. society > communication > journalism > journal > [noun] > as medium of communication 1955 27 Feb. 22/2 Bondy, print media manager of Lever Bros. Co., who will give bureau members a national advertiser's view of newspapers. 1972 29 Jan. 11/5 The print media..claim..that they are being discriminated against. 2000 26 Apr. 3/3 Stories carried by some of the print media yesterday seem to have caused some confusion among sections of the public. 1962 19 Jan. c7/1 The radio or TV reporter..sits with his less glamorous print reporters in the hearing room. 1993 11 Oct. a4/4 TV reporters bring their cameras, radio reporters their tape recorders, print reporters the note pad. society > communication > journalism > [noun] 1976 13 Sept. 103/3 (advt.) Print writing is tougher than television writing. 2006 (Nexis) 25 Jan. Prof. Thompson..is teaching an advanced print writing course for fourth year journalism students. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). printadj.1 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English print , print v. Etymology: < print, past participle of print v. Compare Anglo-Norman prent , print , prynt imprinted, stamped (1212 as prient ), Middle Dutch gheprent printed, imprinted, sealed, stamped (Dutch †geprent ). With sense 1b compare print n. 7c. Compare printed adj., print adj.2 1. society > communication > printing > [adjective] > printed society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > marked with device c1475 (?c1451) (Royal) (1860) 84 Late us..bring forthe..the golde and silver of coyne and print money. 1542 Inventory in (1887) 50 46 Item a prynte masse boke. 1566 N. Sanders (new ed.) f. 379 v This place is in many print bookes. 1610 in D. Masson (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 90 In taking forder pryceis for thair writtis nor is sett doun in the prent bookis. 1638 in W. Stevenson (1900) 133 Mr Robert Cranstowne delyverit the print reasons for the Assemblie. 1716 W. Wishart I. ii. 40 The World..is like a great Print Book wherein God hath set forth Himself. 1736 A. Ramsay xiv. 27 He speaks like a print book. 1793 ‘T. Thrum’ 34 In truth I think Maister Clod speaks like a print book. 1816 W. Scott II. x*. 278 She can speak like a prent buke. 1865 J. Young 64 (E.D.D.) Thou com'st wi' some prent scrap in han'. 1871 W. Alexander x I dinna believe but ye cud mak' up a prent buik an' ye war to try. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [adjective] > ruff > crimped 1600 S. Rowlands Satyre ii. sig. D2v The Pawnes..are foorth comming sir, and safe enough Sayes good-man Broker, in his new print ruffe. 1730 A. Hill in T. Cibber Epil. His new-print Hat, (like Elzevir) in Small, Tips a huge Round-O Face, in Capital! c1736 S. Pegge (1876) (at cited word) Print, bright. ‘The night is print.’ ‘The moon shines print;’ or, ‘the moon is print.’ 1787 F. Grose (at cited word) Print star, or moon-light. 1875 W. D. Parish 90 Print-moonlight,..very clear moonlight. ‘He must have been primed to fall into the pond such a night as that was, for t'was print-moonlight.’ 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw (at cited word) The night is print;..The moonlight is very print. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). printv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: print n.; imprint v. Etymology: < print n.; in branch II. perhaps also partly shortened < imprint v. (which is attested earlier in the typographical sense, and appears to be more frequent than the simplex verb in early use in this sense). Compare Anglo-Norman praint , prent , preint , print , prynt (1212 or earlier as prient ), past participle of preindre , preendre to press, to squeeze, to stamp (see print n.). Compare also Middle Dutch prenten , preinten , printen to press, to squeeze, to impress, to stamp (with a die or pointed instrument), to cast in a mould, to form, shape, to engrave, (figurative) to leave an impression in (the mind or heart) (Dutch prenten , †printen ), Middle Low German prenten to impress, stamp, to cause to leave a mark, to print (books, pamphlets), to be a printer, and ( < Middle Low German) Old Danish prente to print (books, pamphlets) (Danish (now archaic or regional) prente to print (books, pamphlets), to engrave, to write down or draw using a pointed object, to write (letters) separately in a style resembling printed text, to impress (also figurative)), Swedish pränta , †prenta to print (books, pamphlets) (now rare), to write (letters) separately in a style resembling printed text, (now obsolete) to engrave, to stamp (a coin). Compare also Middle French (Walloon) printer to coin or stamp money (1544). Compare print adj.1, printed adj., both of which are first attested slightly earlier in the typographical sense.With sense 6 compare print n. 1d, fingerprint v. I. General senses. (In figurative and extended use often with some admixture of branch II.) 1. the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > press (a thing) so as to make indentation a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xxxii. 44 Preentid in [L. imprimetur] shal ben þe seal. a1450 in J. Kail (1904) 78 (MED) His herte blod wrot oure hele, And Ihesus body, þe parchemyn is; Wiþ trewe loue he prented oure sele. 1530 J. Palsgrave 666/2 Let me printe your seale in a pece of waxe, me thynketh it is antique. a1547 Earl of Surrey in T. Wyatt (1969) 98 In Prynces hartes goddes scourge y prynted depe, Myght them awake out of their synfull slepe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) Prol. 27 Horses..Printing their prowd Hoofes i' th' receiuing Earth. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil 52 If the Soil be barren, only scar The Surface, and but lightly print the Share. View more context for this quotation 1716 Mrs. S. Butler 100 How many times did Murchoe go to the Door, and then return again, loath to depart, printing his soft Lips on her fair Hand. a1785 R. Glover (1787) II. xv. 110 On Acanthè's hand To print his lips. 1882 M. McDougall xlvii. 231 In one stone of this tower is the mark of two toes printed into the stone. 1884 Ld. Tennyson ii. ii. 104 Only the golden Leopard printed in it Such hold-fast claws. 1931 E. A. Blair Hanging in Aug. 419 His feet printed themselves on the wet gravel. 1996 J. Reed 29 Printing his feet on beaches where the Pacific laid its high breezy breakers. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 110v Þe sonne..printiþ inne [L. imprimit] his bemes more scharpliche þan he doþ in þe ende. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil vii. v. 132 His sycht vnmovyt to the erd dyd he prent. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. II. Print, to make an impression of in a mould with a core-print or with a pattern. 2. society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > imprint [verb (transitive)] society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > imprint [verb (transitive)] > with stamp or device a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 177 (MED) Þey he made him lord of þe grete world, ȝit he prynted on hym þe likenese of þe lasse [v.r. greet] world. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 318 Boþe figures y-prented and lettres y-write þer Inne [sc. in wax] dureþ and lasteþ þe lenger tyme. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 41 And in þat roche is printed [Fr. est empresse] the forme of his body. 1494 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 318 A basyn and lavor of siluer, myne armes printed thereon. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. Prol. f. iv Lyke the prentyse that hewyth the rowth stone And bryngeth it to square..That the mayster after may..prynte therin his fygures and his story. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece v. xvi. f. 64/1 On the ta syde of this money was prentit ane croce, and his face on ye tothir. 1611 Lev. xix. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus 159 The Lizard..raceth out with her tayle, the markes which with her hands she printed in the sand. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz ii. xxv. 158 The plaisters..growing hard there, would print a hole into the flesh. 1704 C. Gildon v. i. 53 Print this last Kiss upon his trembling Lips. 1730 H. Fielding ii. i. 16 The barren Rocks, where not one step Of human Race lies printed in the Snow. 1789 E. Darwin 90 Thrice round the grave Circaea prints her tread. 1812 J. Wilson iii. 834 The child prints many a playful kiss Upon their hands. 1873 G. M. Towle tr. J. Verne xxx. 256 He thought of pursuing Fogg across the vast white plains; it did not seem impossible that he might overtake him. Footsteps were easily printed on the snow! 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ (1891) 156 If you'd only had those patterns printed out slowly and indelibly.., you'd have known it [sc. being tattooed] was no joke. 1913 tr. E. Gaboriau xv. 303 Bending over me, he printed a kiss upon my forehead. 1986 S. Hubbell 76 The snake's spiral grip was clearly printed on the pullet's strangely elongated corpse. 2004 (Nexis) 29 Nov. 90 Trackers look for tread designs printed in the soil and any incidental turbulence from a footfall or moving body. the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > retain in the memory [verb (transitive)] > fix in the mind a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer (1987) ii. 900 Every word which that she of hire herde, She gan to prenten in hire herte faste. ?a1425 (a1415) (Harl.) (1917) 95 (MED) Þei schulde prynte þis lore & neuir go þerfro. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 1784 Remembre hit well and prynte hit in thy mynde. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil iv. i. 8 Deip in hir breist so wes his figur prent. 1563 sig. Uvvvv.iiv This sentence is very mete for women to print in theyr remembrance. 1603 W. L. sig. C4 The murdred face lyes printed in the minde, And loude for vengeance cries the martir'd blood. 1678 R. Cudworth i. v. 681 Contrived by a Perfect Understanding Being or Mind..which hath every where Printed the Signatures of its own Wisdom upon the Matter. a1704 T. Brown 1st Satyr Persius Imitated in (1707) I. i. 78 Then will grey Hairs on all thou say'st print Aw. 1760 C. Johnstone I. i. iii. 13 He addressed me in these words; words which dear experience has now printed deeply on my heart. 1850 Ld. Tennyson lxxvii. 108 And hill and wood and field did print The same sweet forms in either mind. View more context for this quotation 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Spirited Old Lady in 72 She was attended by a maid whose face was new to me; but her own was too clearly printed on my memory. 1915 V. Woolf xvii. 279 The face of this single worshipper became printed on Rachel's mind with an impression of keen horror. 1971 W. Berry iv. 50 It is printed on my memory, a sort of blessing, by the force of its unexpectedness. 2006 (Nexis) 14 Jan. 66 The tug of wistful nostalgia..drew me back to see her and the region so indelibly printed on my memory. 3. society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)] c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xviii. 80 God coueiteþ nat þe coygne þat crist hym-self preentede [v.rr. prentede, preynted]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. 265 (MED) He caused halpenys and ferthynges to be printed [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. made smyte; L. fecit incudi] and made rownde. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1903) II. iv. xxiii. 135 Becaus na siluer was as ȝit prentit in rome, thay cunȝeit grete sovmes of brasin money. 1567 (1814) III. 29/1 That our Souerane Lord..may cause prent, and cunȝe gold and siluer of sic fynes as vtheris cuntreis dois. 1591 in M. Napier 230 Quhat free proffeit his majestie will ressave upone ilk stane wecht [of bullion] being affynit and prentit. 1927 E. H. Reisner ii. 9 No longer was the system of barter adequate to their enlarged commercial operations and they began the practice of printing coins for use in exchange. 1996 (Nexis) 30 Mar. 5 e The governor of Galilee, Herod Antipas, had tried to print coins with Tiberius Caesar's face. society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > be distinctive mark on [verb (transitive)] > put identifying mark on > imprint as a brand society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > imprint [verb (transitive)] > with stamp or device > a stamp or device on society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [verb (transitive)] > mark with footprint the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > brand or mark ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 117 (MED) Þis monee es prynted on bathe þe sydes. c1450 (c1350) (Bodl.) (1929) 256 (MED) Whan we sihen þi sonde wiþ þi sel prented, We kenden þi covaitise. 1479 J. Paston in (2004) I. 513 The other ij pottys be prentyd wyth þe marchauntys marke. 1574–5 1 To the bailye Jhone Setoun to ryd to Edinburgh to get ane yrin to prent the stoppis. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) II. 128 All cunȝie of money struckkin within the realme may be prentit thairwith. 1637 G. Daniel 26 The Naiades..the willing Sand shall print. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 105 He..treads so light, he scarcely prints the Plains. View more context for this quotation 1708 No. 4421/8 Stoln.., a black Mare.., printed in the near Hip. c1751 T. Gray Elegy in (1966) 42 Little footsteps lightly print the ground. 1819 W. Irving iii. 191 There is a charm about a spot that has once been printed by the footsteps of departed beauty. 1879 (new ed.) IV. 246/2 The butter is then salted..and then moulded and printed. a1918 P. J. Fisher in F. Foxcroft (1918) 164 When with faltering feet I thread the perilous trench, His print the clay before And shame me if I blench. 1979 B. Tudor vii. 51/2 Then came the best part—printing the butter. Arrayed on one of the pantry shelves were the beautifully carved wooden butter molds. 2001 (Nexis) 9 Mar. 4 Sheep print the mud with delicate hooves. the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > impart a character or nature to [verb (transitive)] > stamp a character upon a1450 (1885) 362 He saide..As he þat was prente full of pride, ‘Jewes kyng am I.’ a1500 (c1380) J. Wyclif (1880) 473 Crist..forfendide hem to prynte þer soulis to myche wiþ erþly godis. 1598 E. Guilpin sig. B4 It is Cornelius that braue gallant youth, Who is new printed to this fangled age. a1644 F. Quarles (1645) Sol. vi. 32 Some Qualmes of earth..Would print thy pamper'd soule with such a fresh And lively Character of feeble flesh, That [etc.]. society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing a1450 (1885) 222 (MED) Loo! sir, þis is a periurye To prente vndir penne. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall (1867) 114 (MED) The hiȝest lessoun þat man may lere..Is playnli printid in poulis booke. a1500 (?a1400) (Harl. 2373) (1944) 122 (MED) Preynted [a1425 Harl. 674 A soule..schal fynde alle þe specyal dedes of sinne þat euer he did siþen he was borne..peyntid þer-apon]. c1540 (?a1400) 11772 This poynt is not prynted in proces þat are now. 1594 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 74 Heauen guide thy pen to print thy sorrowes plaine. View more context for this quotation 1612 R. Johnson sig. D7 O that my pen could print her praise, According to her iust desert. society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > types of shaping process 1530 J. Palsgrave 157 A moulde, to moulde or print a thyng in. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli (1568) 110 b Thinges that remain in the fire without melting, wherein men print very well all maner of metall. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli (1568) 114 b Untill that turninge downwarde the mouldes, they come out. And if in case they be not wel printed,..you may put them in agayne. 1664 H. Wolley 96 Mould it on a Table with a little Flower, and roul it very thin, and print it in moulds. 1688 R. Holme iii. iii. 85/1 Sugar plate, is White Sugar sifted, White of Egs, Gum Dragon and Rose Water beaten into a Paste, then moulded into any form, and so Print it. 1738 G. Smith tr. iv. 111 Work the Horn Shavings into a Mass, and print, mould, or form it in what Shape you please. 6. colloquial. society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [verb (transitive)] > record fingerprint > test (an object) for 1938 N. Marsh xv. 163 We'd better print the brandy-glass. 1951 A. Hocking ii. 24 Austen said to the policeman: ‘Print all the rest of the stuff, will you?’ 1971 ‘L. Egan’ (1972) i. 9 Dick Hunter, who had just been made Detective again..was printing the kitchen door. 2003 (Nexis) 3 Sept. b6 The police printed the car and were kind to the three frightened children. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > [verb (transitive)] > take fingerprints of society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [verb (transitive)] > record fingerprint 1939 12 Jan. 3/6 Lieut. Dennison of the identification bureau inked Jiggs' fingers in order to ‘print him’. 1957 C. MacInnes ii. xiii. 192 The screws can print you in the nick at Brixton. 1998 (Nexis) 10 Oct. s3 The Flames might've demanded Mike Ricci be arrested, printed and booked on charges of theft. society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > actions of bullet or shot society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > misfire > cause bullet to strike (too high or low) 1961 Print, of a firearm or a bullet: to puncture a paper target. 1965 R. A. Steindler xii. 166 He adjusts his scope so that the bullets will print dead-on. 1987 Aug. 10/2 While this second pistol seems to print a little low, its accuracy is comparable to our first P85. 1994 Autumn 64/3 I prefer my pistol to print about two inches high at 25 meters. This allows me to see my target above the front sight. 2003 (Nexis) 3 Aug. ii. 5 Spend a few sessions with 200-yard targets and learn exactly where your chosen cartridges and bullets print at the longer distance. II. Senses relating to typography. 8. society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] c1500 (colophon) Thys in pryntide in westmoster in kyng strete. For me Julianus Notarii.] 1511 H. Watson tr. St. Bernardino sig. Gij This present treatye hathe made to be prynted two venerable doctours of the faculte of theologye at Parys. 1533 in J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen sig. Pviii (colophon) Prentit in Malmw, Be me Ihone Hochstraten the xvi day of October, Anno md xxxiii. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. clx (margin) Englishe Bibles were printed at Paris. 1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. III. 78 I sende you herewith my booke latelie prentid: studdie and profite in it. 1633 W. Prynne To Rdr. They are now new-printed in farre better paper than most Octavo or Quarto Bibles. 1656 E. Leigh iii. vii. 137 There is here printing in England a Bible, which will exceed the French Bible, because it sets forth all uno conspectu. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc 22 He procured me the Mappe of Babylon, or Bagdet, printed upon a Cotton. 1720 No. 5850/3 His Majesty's Picture, printed in natural Colours. 1770 P. Luckombe 361 A Proof sheet printed Black, with the words to be printed Red under lined. 1791 J. Boswell anno 1775 I. 502 [Johnson:] Maps were printing in one of the rooms. 1839 A. Ure 217 The copper-plate printing of calico is almost exactly the same as that used for printing engravings on paper from flat plates. 1887 19 May 306/1 She..prints it herself with the cyclostyle. 1906 L. Giles 31 The philosopher's works, in Kuo Hsiang's standard edition, were printed for the first time in the year 1005 a.d. 1953 4 367 A study of visually handicapped school children, tested with an open-ended adjustment inventory printed in large print or Braille. 1973 M. Russell xviii. 132 The newsvendors' stands stood untended: the first editions were still printing. 1990 Spring–Summer 46 (advt.) Your address printed on quality, white recycled paper. 2005 P. Soukup in C. H. Badaracco xi. 233 The Bible was the first book printed on Gutenberg's press. society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] > mark with printing 1728 E. Chambers at Printing The wetting of the Paper ought to be done two or three days before printing it. 1793 73 The bankers generally furnish the punters with slips of card printed with columns. 1867 11 Dec. 12/6 In the centre is placed a slip of paper printed with men or animals, birds or fishes. 1909 17 Sept. (advt.) We can furnish you with the very best of writing paper and envelopes, neatly printed with your name or the name of your ranch, place of residence and date line. 1957 F. H. Sender tr. R. J. Sender iii. xi. 393 Strolling musicians would appear playing and singing, and selling small pink sheets of paper printed with the words of the songs. 1991 in R. M. Rylatt p. xviii The pages are an ivory, laid-surface, probably cotton-rag paper, printed with faint blue horizontal rules. society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] > use in printing 1728 E. Chambers at Printing Ingraving several Plates of Sandro Boticello's Design, and printing them off this new way. 1839 XVIII. 572/1 These machines, however, are better adapted to printing stereotype plates, to which a curved form could be given. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1335/2 The stone is then etched, washed out, and printed. 1901 Mrs. J. A. Logan xii. 225 For many years after the government began to issue paper money, the plates were engraved and printed by private corporations. 1999 (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Neighbors Northeast section) 13 He showed students preliminary drawings and the process of printing a plate. society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] > produce in print-out 1951 R. S. Casey & J. W. Perry xxx. 479 (note) The cards actuate the punching of a tape which operates a teletype machine. The latter prints data and simultaneously transmits it to a receiving station. 1972 7 40 Pollen analysis is now being aided by the computer, either to compile and print the pollen profiles..or to perform statistical analysis. 1986 S. L. Mandell v. 81 Print-formatting features tell the printer how to print the document. 2003 P. Lovesey (2004) ix. 126 What I didn't appreciate when I printed all the files is that some of them are encrypted. 9. Of an author, editor, etc. society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be printed 1530 J. Palsgrave 666/1 Whan wyll you printe your booke, quant voulez vous faire imprimer vostre liure? 1669 S. Sturmy vii. Aaaa ij b Being desired by some Friends..to Print it,..I have so done. 1678 J. Bunyan Author's Apol. sig. A3v Some said, John, print it; others said, Not so;..At last I thought, Since you are thus divided, I print it will. View more context for this quotation 1718 T. Hearne (1902) VI. 367 The chief reason..was to get a peremptory Answer from the V. Chancellor whether I should print Neubrigensis. 1793 R. Burns (ed. 2) II. 219 A chield 's amang you, taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. 1817 W. Hazlitt 338 It [sc. ‘Venus & Adonis’] was the first which he printed; he might have composed it at an earlier period. 1897 J. W. Clark Introd. 9 My first idea was to print the Latin text alone. 1915 W. R. Thayer p. viii I have been unable in several cases to recover the original letters which she used and so I have been obliged to rely upon the version which she printed. 1987 22 26 Though he [sc. Churchill] printed his own documents at some length he omitted or expurgated the replies. society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] ?1594 H. Broughton sig. ❧1v I could haue wished that he woulde..haue printed his opinions, that rumors myght not preuayle aboue iudgement. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac II. 23 They thinke it not enough to doe me wrongs unlesse they print them too. 1672 Duke of Buckingham v. 52 I'l be reveng'd on them too; I will both Lampoon and print 'em too, I gad. 1751 C. Labelye 107 My Intention, in Printing and distributing this Plan..is..to ease the Minds of many Persons. 1833 J. Story 704 The language of this amendment imports no more, than that every man shall have a right to speak, write, and print his opinions upon any subject whatsoever, without any prior restraint. 1874 J. S. Blackie 17 Young men of course may..have opinions on many subjects, but there is no reason why they should print them. 1913 22 Feb. 9/3 The newspapers had printed his disgraceful actions. 2005 (Nexis) 22 Sept. He printed opinions on Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika from the 10 most famous defectors and émigrés living in the West. society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] > designate or describe in printed statement 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher iii. sig. F4 My safest way were to print my selfe a coward. 1673 J. Milton On New Forcers of Conscience in (new ed.) 69 Men whose Life, Learning, Faith and pure intent Would have been held in high esteem with Paul Must now be nam'd and printed Hereticks. 1698 P. Campbell Let. in J. Dunton (1699) vii. 76 I have no mind either to Write or Print my self a Lyar, as some Men has done. society > communication > printing > printer > work as printer [verb (intransitive)] society > communication > printing > printing specific type of work > print specific type of work [verb (transitive)] > print book > in edition immediately after the first 1608 Bp. T. Morton 92 Whosoeuer shall obiect error of quotation, he may be quoted for one that is ignorant either what it is to write, or transcribe, or to print. c1626 H. Bisset (1920) I. 71 Ane callit Chopman, first began to prent in Scotland. 1699 R. Bentley (new ed.) Pref. p. v Before they ventur'd to Print, which is [a] Sword in the Hand of a Child. 1716 T. Hearne (1901) V. 324 There may be danger they may print upon you, unless you print more Copies. 1733 A. Pope ii. i. 15 In Durance, Exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or B—ll, I will Rhyme and Print. 1770 P. Luckombe 25 [Caxton] printed likewise for..Henry VIIth. 1802 S. Smith (1859) I. 13/2 Every man who prints, imagines he gives to the world something which they had not before, either in matter or style. 1909 19 Nov. 1/3 We print on Wednesday next week. Send your items in earlier, please. 1976 L. S. Thompson & H. C. Woodbridge 46 Jerónimo de Contreras y Alvarado, who had been printing since 1677, took over in 1712. 2005 (Nexis) 26 Nov. (Money section) 1 The Metairie Road business reopened Sept. 20 and hasn't stopped printing since. 11. society > communication > printing > [verb (intransitive)] > amount to so much printing 1834 J. S. Mill Let. 22 Feb. in (1963) XII. 214 We might see how much it prints to, and then judge. 1886 M. F. Tupper 282 I wish there was space here to say more about all this; but the great book before me would print up into several volumes. 1996 J. T. Flexner xxxxi. 401 This [manuscript] so obviously—it was to print up to 390 pages—made a book unto itself that Little, Brown..drew up a new contract for three volumes. society > communication > printing > [verb (intransitive)] > yield printed impression 1904 Apr. 672 Here scarcely a line has been added: but the plate ‘prints’, and the plate began by not printing. 1912 July 73 The line block will print well on paper on which the delicate shades of the half~tone would be lost. 1979 June 41/1 For the other cases which will not print on these medium grade papers you'll have to use harder or softer grades to produce a result that even approaches the satisfactory. 2000 (Nexis) Mar. 6 The plates print well, but..there was some resistance because printers preferred to work with the anodised aluminium plates they were used to. society > communication > printing > [verb (intransitive)] > appear in print 1951 66 104 In copy 56 the period is undamaged and prints clearly. 1953 Autumn 11 The spoken word rarely prints satisfactorily. 1983 (Nexis) 11 July 76 The other single quote..would be used as an open quote (') on the systems where it prints differently than the apostrophe. 1998 Epson 800 Photo Edges Jagged in comp.periphs.printers (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Apr. Every photo prints out jagged around the edges. (They print beautifully on the ‘b&w only’ LaserJet.) society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > resembling print 1837 C. Dickens xxxvi. 392 ‘Mr. Weller..here's a letter for you.’..‘It can't be from the gov'ner,’ said Sam, looking at the direction. ‘He always prints, I know, 'cos he learnt writin' from the large bills in the bookin' offices.’ 1911 F. H. Burnett ix. 85 ‘Does tha' know how to print letters?’..‘I know how to write.’ 1960 H. Lee (1963) i. ii. 24 We don't write in the first grade, we print. 1980 G. Lord xvii. 133 The word that Derek had printed in large capitals on the board was ‘Fortress’. III. Technical senses analogous to branch II.the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > print the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabrics [verb (intransitive)] > other processes 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici f. 7v Goods and marchandize that come out of the kingdom of Cambaia, as cloth of Bumbast white, painted, printed, great quantitie of Indico [etc.]. 1600 in J. Nichols (1823) III. 505 One coveringe for a Frenche gowne of lawne, embrodered all over with fountaines, snaikes,..and other devises, upon silver chamblet prented. 1614 in H. Paton (1914) I. 137 Ane blak phillepe and cheny suitt printet. 1700 c. 10 All Calicoes, painted, dyed, printed or stamped there [i.e. in E. Indies] shall not be worn or otherwise used within the Kingdom of England. 1712 c. 19 There shall be..Paid for and upon..all Callicoes to be so Printed, Stained, Painted or Dyed..the Sum of Three Pence for every yard in length. 1758 B. Franklin Let. 19 Feb. in (1887) III. 7 There are also fifty-six yards of cotton, printed curiously from copper plates. 1839 A. Ure 214 The manufacturer..can print at whatever hour he may receive an order... Under the patronage of parliament, it was easy..to buy printed calicoes. 1922 (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) ii. 109/1 The ‘singeing’ of cloth..is a step in the bleaching process, especially when the cloth is to be printed or dyed. 1984 A. Lee (1985) 113 When the jacket was new, it had been puffy and stylish, with a crisp white lining printed with tiny purple pines. 2004 (Nexis) 13 Nov. iii The bark of the tree is a source of gum used to print calico. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > printing on china and glass > print on china and glass [verb (transitive)] > transfer print 1772 J. Wedgwood Let. 17 Feb. in (1965) 118 We can print the figures upon our Vases. 1839 A. Ure 1017 The old plan of passing the biscuit into the muffle after it had been printed... The [glue] cake..is..transferred to the surface of the glazed ware which it is intended to print. 1839 A. Ure 1029 M. Saint Amans..says the English surpass all other nations in manufacturing a peculiar stoneware..as also in printing blue figures upon it. 1914 Apr. 33/2 A [porcelain] statuette of Britannia holding a medallion with a relief bust of George II, on the pedestal of which is printed the Prussian eagle. 2005 (Nexis) 5 Apr. 17 A Worcester blue and white bowl printed with birds £190. 15. Photography. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > printing > print [verb (transitive)] society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > print 1851 R. Hunt 80 The Printing Process... It is..a negative picture,..a matrix which is capable of yielding a vast number of beautiful impressions. I have had as many as fifty printed from one, and I have no doubt that as many more might be obtained from it. 1852 3 222/1 The positive pictures are..printed off, and fixed. 1855 T. F. Hardwich 173 It is always necessary to print the picture some shades darker than it is intended to remain. 1879 20 Oct. 4/4 The copyright is to belong to the proprietor of the negative from which the photograph is printed. 1915 J. B. Rathbun ii. 36 In printing the positive film from the negative, the teeth of the sprockets in the printing machine pass through both films, holding them in perfect register. 1931 B. Brown x. 229 The usual method in printing is to mask the sound track space on the unexposed film and then print off the picture. 1974 XII. 549/2 From this optical negative the sound track can be printed photographically on the exhibition release prints. 1990 D. McCullin i. 16 It has been said that I print my photographs too dark. How can such experiences be conveyed with a feeling of lightness? 2003 July 20/1 Features... Lets you print pictures from a digital camera memory card. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > be developed [verb (intransitive)] > print (well or badly) 1852 3 221/2 [A negative] which will, as the phrase goes, print well. 1855 T. F. Hardwich 290 As a general rule, the best Negatives print slowly. 1929 R. H. Goodsall vii. 37 A piece of printing paper is placed in contact with the negative and the light allowed to pass through the latter... Where there is little or no deposit on the negative it prints dark. 1984 12 Feb. 5/1 You first should have a good negative with density that will print on No. 2 or No. 3 enlarging paper. 1900 27 Mar. 8/5 (advt.) Print your negatives by gas or lamp light. 1913 F. A. Talbot vii. 93 An enterprising amateur who had an excellent negative handed it over to a topical-film firm to print and circulate. 1940 G. G. Quarles x. 133 When a number of negatives are to be printed at one time, it is well to sort them into piles according to contrast. 1995 8 June d29/1 This means that a negative printed properly at a given exposure and color setting today will need different settings a month from now. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [verb (transitive)] > make printed circuit or component 1946 23 Feb. 19/2 (caption) Developed for proximity fuses, radio circuits ‘printed’ on ceramic plates are space savers adaptable to miniature pocket receivers. 1958 8 Sept. 8/2 Using modern techniques of etching and engraving, a wiring circuit is actually ‘printed’ on to a flat base. 1973 Dokter & Steinhauer vi. 227 What is printed is not generally the whole circuit but merely the wiring connections. 2003 (Nexis) 19 Mar. (Business section) 3 Doing away with conventional glass fibre boards, Invertek prints electronic components and circuitry directly onto metal plates with high conductivity inks. society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > of magnetic tape or recorded signal 1950–1 5 245/2 After a certain time,..measure the level of the signal printed on to the erased slip. 1952 43/2 Trouble..occurs sometimes with the programme ‘printing’ from one layer to another of the reel. 1958 J. Tall iii. 33 Homogeneous tape was..favored until a few years ago in some parts of Europe and is still used occasionally there. It is subject to one major fault..: it ‘prints’ excessively. 1988 M. Camras ii. 76 (caption) Pre-echo and post-echo print-through for inside wound tapes. The overlayer is printed with the same curvature as the magnetization of the main recording. Phrases1771 B. Franklin Let. in (1987) 1368 I wrote and printed an anonymous Pamphlet..entituled, The Nature & Necessity of a Paper Currency... My Friends..thought fit to reward me, by employing me in printing the Money, a very profitable Jobb. 1846 W. Whitman Article 3 Sept. in (1920) II. iv. 68 The general average of the payment for labor in this country..would be nominally raised..by what is called ‘making money plenty’—that is, letting the banks print money, and doubling the amount in circulation. 1889 Aug. 611/2 A dozen negroes..printed money on hand-presses all day to supply the Government. 1948 25 Dec. iii. 1/2 A license to print money. 1967 21 Sept. 364/2 Lord Thomson of Fleet brought his genius for printing money to the rescue of the Times. 1991 3 Aug. 78/2 Investors would become more aware of credit risk, since a government in trouble could no longer print money and devalue. 2003 19 Nov. 100/3 Even when CD sales are slack, music publishers pretty much have a license to print money. Phrasal verbs With adverbs in specialized senses. to print down Photography. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > print > types of printing 1923 F. T. Cockett 30 The seccotined worsted will adhere to the base glass and to the cut edges of the negatives so that the whole series can be printed-down in one operation. 1967 E. Chambers iv. 48 Further treatment would result in a grey dot formation which would prove unsatisfactory for printing-down to metal. 1995 (Nexis) 14 July n49 Negative film..offers two good stops of latitude, meaning that even an overexposed negative can be printed down to a good photograph. to print in Photography. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > print > types of printing 1929 R. H. Goodsall viii. 51 This is one method by which clouds may be printed-in. The foreground negative is exposed first, partially developed, and then returned to the easel and the sky portion printed in from another negative while the foreground is screened by a card. 1956 910/2 To print in large areas, such as a sky, a plain card is used to shade the remainder of the image. 1976 M. J. Rosen v. 119/2 For printing in small areas of the print, the typical tool is an opaque mask of light cardboard or plastic with a small hole in it. To print in, the print first is given its normal exposure. to print on 1839 A. Ure 215 Four different methods are in use for imprinting figures upon calicoes..the fourth is by a system of copper cylinders..by which two, three, four, or even five colours may be printed on in rapid succession. 1839 A. Ure 241 Print-on the resist to preserve the white. 1941 J. W. Bagley xii. 249 The plotting sheets all have the same size grid of squares (printed on with a single printing plate). 2006 www.pburch.net 28 Feb. (O.E.D. Archive) If you have access to screen-printing supplies, print the design on with regular opaque screen-printing ink. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > print > types of printing society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > be developed [verb (intransitive)] > print without development 1882 595 The author has ‘printed out’ the spectrum on chloride of silver. 1906 R. C. Bayley xiv. 175 In order that P.O.P. may be sufficiently sensitive to be usable at all, and give a rich image by printing out, it is not sufficient that it should contain silver chloride only. 1913 Hind & Randles xiv. 230 The paper is printed-out in daylight until all detail is visible, then developed in potassium oxalate solution. 1948 11 255 When exposures are increased by a factor of 107 to 108 the photographic material ‘prints out’; it darkens visibly due to a process of reduction of the emulsion grains. 1955 Mar. 163/1 On exposure to light, these microcrystals darken, or ‘print out’, as do many silver compounds. The light decomposes them into metallic silver, which is black. 1965 105 285/2 A positive image is ‘printed out’, that is, it becomes visible without chemical development. 1993 L. Stroebel & R. Zakia (ed. 3) 379/2 The silver chloride so formed may print out when exposed to light. society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] > produce in print-out a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 722/1 The sending operator prints out his message in plain letters at the distant end of the line, whether the receiving operator is at the instrument or not. 1946 (Harvard Computation Lab.) v. 245 It is essential..that the plugging be checked by reading in known values..and printing them out before a computation is begun. 1977 Sept. 23/1 (advt.) Results are displayed to hospital personnel and printed out as reports. 1988 Feb. 54/1 Waska..switches on the fish finder, a sonar unit that prints out a profile of the river below us. 2004 18 June 2/1 If you don't want to read things on screen, you can download and print out whole pages of the paper, saved as pdfs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.2c1300 adj.1c1475v.a1382 |
