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letterpress
CIDE DICTIONARY
letterpress, n.
Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations. [1913 Webster]
"Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
letterpress, n.
1 a the contents of an illustrated book other than the illustrations. b printed matter relating to illustrations.
2 printing from raised type, not from lithography or other planographic processes.
1 a the contents of an illustrated book other than the illustrations. b printed matter relating to illustrations.
2 printing from raised type, not from lithography or other planographic processes.
THESAURUS
letterpress
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letterpress
Printing
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