proof-sheetn.
/ˈpruːfʃiːt/, U.S. /ˈprufˌʃit/ Printing.
A sheet printed from a forme of type or printing plate for the purpose of examination and correction before being finally printed off for use; a sheet or page of proofed text, a proof (proof n. 15).
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probe1563
proof1602
proof-sheet1688
proof slip1829
pull1845
flat pull1888
flat impression1890
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 116/1 He examins in this Revise..if all the faults he marks in the first or second Proof Sheet were carefully mended.
1693 Clarendon in A. Wood Life & Times (O.H.S.) IV. 12 That the said Mr. à Wood did..correct all or att least some of the first printed sheets or proof sheets of the said Athenæ Oxonienses.
1755 J. Wesley Let. 9 Apr. (1931) III. 126 Procure Mr. Belchier's leave for me to enclose my proof-sheets to him.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 440 A Proof-sheet ought to be pulled as clean and neat as any sheet..that is worked off.
1813 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 436 My three Master-fiends, Proof-Sheets, Letters..& worse than these, invitations to large Dinners.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. x. 255 Some proof sheets, as they are technically called, seemingly fresh from the press.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xvi He had the proof sheet of a great placard in his hand.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. x. 269 The proof-sheets, elaborately corrected throughout, I often saw in his hands.
1926 Amer. Mercury July 279/2 He did read every line of every proofsheet, and signed them all.
1939 P. Barry Philadelphia Story (1942) i. 10 Dinah..is..reading three proof-sheets.
2006 Irish Independent (Nexis) 11 May The collection includes..a large number of handwritten sheets, notebook pages and corrected proof sheets [of Finnegans Wake].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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