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Printing and Bookbinding. = collate, v. 4.
technical. To collect and place in their proper order according to signatures (the printed sheets of a book). Also absol.
Printing and Bookbinding. To examine the sheets of a printed book by the signatures, so as to ascertain that they are perfect and in correct order.