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单词 makeready
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makereadyn.

Brit. /ˈmeɪkˌrɛdi/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkˌrɛdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to make ready at ready adj., adv., int., and n. Phrases 1.
Etymology: < to make ready at ready adj., adv., int., and n. Phrases 1 (compare make v.1 34a).
1. = ready n. 2a. Also in on the makeready. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > money > [noun] > ready money or cash
ready money1429
argent-contentc1540
bitec1555
present money1572
chink1580
cash1600
bit1607
real money1675
fob?c1680
Darby1682
ready1684
blunt1819
makeready1830
hardshells1840
ante1843
spot cash1855
call money1856
necessary1897
1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. ii. 23 The captain..brought his men to the ‘make ready’, and they were about to present.
1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 712/2 Men might have been seen creeping along the trails with guns on the make-ready, expecting a war-whoop from behind every clump of bushes.
2. Printing. The final preparation and adjustment for printing; material prepared in this way or used in making ready; spec. a sheet on which overlays are pasted for printing a particular forme of type.
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society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > [noun] > make-ready or pre-make-ready
makeready1887
pre-makeready1948
1887 Sci. Amer. 25 June 405/1 It is a safe rule to keep the make-ready of every type job until the job has been distributed.
1907 Newspaper Owner 9 Feb. 8/1 (heading) Web-printed half-tones without make-ready.
1915 Southward's Mod. Printing (ed. 3) II. iii. 39 As a preventive against slurring through baggy tympans as much of the make-ready as is practicable should be done at the back of the forme.
1937 Life 26 July 4/1 A color printing press..is shown here, above in diagram showing printing position and below in photograph showing the inking rollers moved away from plate cylinders for ‘make-ready’.
1946 Notes & Queries 9 Mar. 93/1 Most early books are marked by bad paper, brownish ink, poor typography, lack of care in ‘make-ready’, and crude illustrations.
1967 R. R. Karch & E. J. Buber Graphic Arts Procedures: Offset Processes ii. 24 Makeready can be mechanical..with the 3 M makeready machine.
1978 W. Chamberlain Thames & Hudson Man. Wood Engraving v. 120 Another way to reduce printing pressure on a specific area is by the use of an overlay or ‘make-ready’.
1993 National (Toronto, Ont.) Aug.–Sept. (advt.) Electronic makeready—for example, to mask sensitive information.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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