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. See under Print. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in SE Europe and US.
Syn. -- velvetleaf, velvetweed, Indian mallow, China jute, Abutilon theophrasti. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. 1. To print together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Obs. ] See Imprint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Finger + print. ] 1. an impression of the pattern of ridges on the skin of the last joint of a person's finger, left on a surface after a person has touched the surface. Fingerprints left by persons who have committed crimes are considered as reliable physical evidence linking an individual with a crime, because each person's fingerprints are distinctively different from those of others, allowing identification of a person with high confidence. [ PJC ]

2. a fingerprint{ 1 } made intentionally in ink on a paper form for the purpose of identification of the individual. [ PJC ]

3. any distinctive pattern of characteristics or properties of an object which can serve to identify that object; as, the distinctive fingerprint of eugenol in the mass spectrum allowed easy recognition of its presence in the sample. [ PJC ]

4. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- fingermark. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as, to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, “Footprints of the Creator.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting. ] [ OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress. ] 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something). [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,
That has a heart and life in it, “Be free.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind. Locke.

4. (Ethology) To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by the process of imprinting. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v. t. ] Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. “That imprint of their hands.” Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ethology, Psychology) The learning of a behavioral pattern that occurs soon after birth or hatching in certain animals, in which a long-lasting response to an individual (such as a parent) or an object is rapidly acquired; it is particularly noted in the response of certain birds to the animal they first see after hatching, usually the parent, as in ducks who will follow the adult duck they first see. [ PJC ]

n. (Computers) A type of printer used as a peripheral device for computers, in which the color is applied to the paper by spraying liquid ink onto paper through tiny orifices in a moving print head, to construct the desired pattern on the paper by placing one dot or several dots at a time on the paper. [ PJC ]

n. A printer controlled by a computer, using a laser beam to produce images in a fine dot-matrix pattern of charge on an electrostatic drum, to which fine particles of ink are subsequently caused to adhere, and the image of which is subsequently transferred to paper or another type of material in sheet form. It is capable of high-speed production of images with a higher resolution than those from dot-matrix impact printers. [ PJC ]

v. t. To print wrongly; to make a mistake in printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints. Misprints are sometimes noted and corrected in a list of corrigenda distributed with a book. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers.
Syn. -- newspaper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A reprint or excerpt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ Off + print. ] To reprint (as an excerpt); as, the articles of some magazines are offprinted from other magazines. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Printing) A printing technique in which a lithographic image on an inked metal or stone plate is transferred first to a rubber sheet (usually on a cylinder) before transfer to the paper. Called also offset lithography. [ PJC ]

n. Any print made by a photomechanical process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Printed; p. pr. & vb. n. Printing. ] [ Abbrev. fr. imprint. See Imprint, and Press to squeeze. ] 1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something. [ 1913 Webster ]

A look will print a thought that never may remove. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint,
Which in that field young Edward's sword did print. Sir John Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode,
That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically: To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Photog.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To publish a book or an article. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Print, v., Imprint, n. ] 1. A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where print of human feet was never seen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which is produced by printing. Specifically: (a) An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate. “The prints which we see of antiquities.” Dryden. (b) A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical. Addison. (c) A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth. (d) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Founding) A core print. See under Core. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue print, a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper. --
In print. (a) In a printed form; issued from the press; published. Shak. (b) To the letter; with accurateness. “All this I speak in print.” Shak. --
Out of print. See under Out. --
Print works, a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy to be published. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Printer's devil,
Printer's gauge. See under Devil, and Gauge. --
Printer's ink. See Printing ink, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints. [ 1913 Webster ]

Block printing. See under Block. --
Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light. --
Printing house, a printing office. --
Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc. It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning. Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities. Ure. --
Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or newspapers, etc., are printed. --
Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from writing paper, wrapping paper, etc. --
Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper, handbills, etc. --
Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photog.) A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Photog.) A method of printing, in which the image is fully brought out by the direct actinic action of light without subsequent development by means of chemicals. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Making no imprint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making no imprint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shop where prints are sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To imprint again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To renew the impression of. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reprints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sprint race, a foot race at the highest running speed; -- usually limited to distances under a quarter of a mile. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sprinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinting. ] [ Cf. Sprunt. ] To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A runner [ in a quarter-mile race ] should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter. [ 1913 Webster ]