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Bookbinding. To impress an ornamental design upon the binding of (a book) with a special tool (see tool, n. 1d(a)). Most usually in past…
Bookbinding. To impress a pattern on (leather) by means of dies.
transitive. In Bookbinding, to stamp in (a pattern) without gilding.