Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ; to publish abook. — n. A mark made by impression or by pres-sure of one thing on another; impressions of typesin general, as to form, size, etc.; that produced byprinting,— as, a stamped likeness of anything, an en-graving; or, a printed sheet of news, newspaper; or,a fabric figured by printing, calico; that which im-presses its form on anything.—Printer, n. One whoprints, impresses, or stamp


Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ; to publish abook. — n. A mark made by impression or by pres-sure of one thing on another; impressions of typesin general, as to form, size, etc.; that produced byprinting,— as, a stamped likeness of anything, an en-graving; or, a printed sheet of news, newspaper; or,a fabric figured by printing, calico; that which im-presses its form on anything.—Printer, n. One whoprints, impresses, or stamps ; esp., one employedin printing books, newspapers, etc. — Printing, , art, or practice of impressing letters, char-acters, or figureson paper, cloth, orother material; ty-pography.—Prinf-ing-ink, m. Inkused in printingpaper.—press, press for printingbooks, newspapers,handbills, etc.—Print-shop, n. Ashop where printsare kept for sale. Prior, prier, a. Pre-ceding in the orderof time; anterior;antecedent; pre-cedent; preemi-nent. — n. (^Eccl.)The superior of apriory ; one nextm dignity to an ab-bot. — Pfi^oress, female superiorof a convent ofnuns. — Priory, -o-rY,. Columbian Printing-press. t, tympan ; /, frisket; r, rounce; b,bar ; bd, bed ; p, platen. w. A religious house, thehead of which was a prior or prioress, and which wasin dignity below an abbey; a convent. — Priority,-6rT-tT, n. State of being antecedent in time, or ofpreceding something else; precedence; preeminence;preference. Prism, prizm, n. (Gfeom.) A solid whose bases or endsare any similar, equal, and parallel planefigures, and whose sides are parallelograms.(0/it.) A transparent body, with, rectangular plane faces or sides, and 2equal and parallel triangular ends or bases:see Light. —Prismafic, -ical, a. Resem-bling or related to, separated or distributedby, or formed by, a ,adv. — Pris^moid, -moid, n. A body thatapproaches to the form of a pr


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