单词 | hand press |
释义 | hand pressn. A press operated by hand; esp. a printing press so worked, as distinguished from one operated by steam or electrical power. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > hand-press hand press1638 society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > tools used in coining > stamping irons or dies ironOE standardc1473 trussellc1473 coining-irons1483 printing iron1525 coin1559 pile1562 matrix1626 hand press1638 coining press1688 coining-stamps1688 matrice1728 coin-stamp1850 hub1851 1638 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Rec. Coinage Scotl. (1876) I. p. lii Ane littill [coin] hand pres 18 li. 0 s. 0 d...2 great hand presses 140 li. 0 s. 0 d...3 suey presses 140 li. 0 s. 0 d. 1679 Duddell in R. Mansel Narr. Popish Plot (1680) 54 Mr. Willoughby did once ask him, if he could make a Hand-Press, in order to Printing. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. 713 When intended for medicinal use, the oil is more frequently cold-drawn, or extracted from the bruised seeds, by means of a hand-press. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. 191 With hand-presses..two hundred and fifty copies were obtained per hour from the same types, which required the work and superintendence of two men. 1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset i. 3 The operation of printing consists, first, in damping the stone—with a wet sponge in hand-press printing or with a wet roller in power-press work. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Mar. 10/2 Richard Denner..had published many chapbooks on a hand press in the Pacific North-west. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638 |
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