Bat printing
() A mode of printing on glazed ware. |
Offset
(n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something |
Offset
(n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek. |
Offset
(n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent |
Offset
(n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains. |
Offset
(n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it |
Offset
(n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object. |
Offset
(n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest |
Offset
(n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor. |
Offset
(imp. & p. p.) of Offset |
Offset
(v. t.) To set off |
Offset
(v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. |
Offset
(v. i.) To make an offset. |
Printing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Print |
Printing
(n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material |
Reel
(n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland |
Reel
(n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound |
Reel
(n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit |
Reel
(n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives. |
Reel
(v. t.) To roll. |
Reel
(v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread. |
Reel
(v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other |
Reel
(v. i.) To have a whirling sensation |
Reel
(n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering |
Virginia reel
reel | an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines |
reel
Scottish reel | a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders, marked by circular moves and gliding steps |
| printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution |
bobbin
spool
reel | a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound |
| press printing press | a machine used for printing |
printer
printing machine | a machine that prints |
print shop
printing shop | a workplace where printing is done |
| reel | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle, attached to a fishing rod |
| reel | a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector |
set-back
setoff
offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly |
| right of offset | (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default |
| printing | text handwritten in the style of printed matter |
| impression printing | all the copies of a work printed at one time, they ran off an initial printing of copies |
printing
printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
relief printing
letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
intaglio printing
intaglio
gravure | a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate, the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print |
| process printing | a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates |
planographic printing
planography | the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are inkeceptive (as opposed to ink repellent) |
collotype
collotype printing
photogelatin process | a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced, can be used with one or more colors |
photo-offset printing
photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |
offset
offset printing | a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper |
| offset lithography | offset printing by lithography |
| letterset printing | image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller |
| reel | music composed for dancing a reel |
printing concern
printing business
printing company | a company that does commercial printing |
| Bureau of Engraving and Printing | the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency |
United States Government Printing Office
US Government Printing Office
Government Printing Office
GPO | an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government |
outgrowth
branch
offshoot
offset | a natural consequence of development |
stolon
runner
offset | a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips |
counterbalance
offset | a compensating equivalent |
| printing operation | an operation that controls the printing or display of information |
| printing unit | a unit of measurement for printing |
printer's ink
printing ink | a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing |
a beginning
commencement
first
outset
get-go
start
kickoff
starting time
showtime
offset | the time at which something is supposed to begin, they got an early start, she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her |
rattle down
rattle off
reel off
spiel off
roll off | recite volubly or extravagantly, He could recite the names of all the chemical elements |
| reel | wind onto or off a reel |
reel off
unreel | unwind from or as if from a reel, unreel the tape |
| offset | produce by offset printing, offset the conference proceedings |
| offset | create an offset in, offset a wall |
stagger
reel
keel
lurch swag careen | walk as if unable to control one's movements, The drunken man staggered into the room |
spin spin around
whirl reel gyrate | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis, The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy |
| offset | cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface |
cancel
offset
set off | make up for, His skills offset his opponent's superior strength |
| offset countervail | compensate for or counterbalance, offset deposits and withdrawals |