blueprintingn.
/ˈbluːprɪntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbluˌprɪn(t)ɪŋ/ 1. Ceramics. In form blue printing. A process for transfer printing (originally in blue) beneath the glaze on pottery. Now historical.
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blueprinting1815
potichomania1854
decalcomania1864
transfer-printing1865
crystoleum1882
1815 S. Parkes Chem. Ess. III. 338 This mode of imparting design to the surface of earthenware or porcelain, and which is known in the trade by the appellation of blue printing, is managed somewhat in the following manner.
1865 L. Jewitt Wedgwoods 391 Blue Printing was introduced at Etruria at an early date, and has, of course, with black, etc., been continued to the present day.
1913 J.C. Wedgewood Staffs. Pottery & its Hist. viii. 131 Blue printing, with which the willow pattern will be always associated, drove out the girl artists.
1983 E. Collard Potter's View Canada i. 9 The process was long known as ‘blue printing’, even after other colours had been mastered.
2003 S. Bagdade & A. Bagdade Warman's Eng. & Continental Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 4) 90/3 Underglaze blue printing was developed in the first half of the 19th century.
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a. Originally: the action or method of making a photographic blueprint. In later use also: technical drawing or designing, and (figurative) the creation of a detailed design or plan.
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1877 Photogr. News 14 Dec. 595/2 (heading) A Blue Printing Process.
1904 A. P. Jamison Elements Mech. Drawing v. 116 Blue-printing is the almost universal method of reproducing drawings for practical purposes.
1958 Pop. Mech. Feb. 26/1 (advt.) Drafting and blue printing in addition to paying good wages often lead to top managerial positions.
1974 R. A. Caro Power Broker vii. xlix. 1135 The crushing of local opposition and the planning and blueprinting that had to take place before men could actually be put to work.
1999 J. A. Flahert & P. B. Stark Competent Leader xvi. 252 Blueprinting systems show organizations just how many forms, policies, and procedures stand between the customer and the employees' ability to deliver outstanding performance.
b. The process of building or modifying an engine so that it conforms very closely to its blueprint.
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1964 Pop. Mech. July 68/1 Engine blueprinting at H&M also includes careful balancing of the clutch and flywheel.
1997 B. Watson Pro Engine Blueprinting i. 6/1 Engine blueprinting always comes down to a matter of degrees and inches—or, more accurately, degrees and fractions of inches.
2007 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Nov. (Wheels section) w37 The engine started life as a Harley Sportster powerplant. Then ‘mostly it's blueprinting, very careful assembly’, Grupp notes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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