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Definition of Printing press
1. Noun. A machine used for printing.
Terms within: Bed
Specialized synonyms: Cylinder Press, Flatbed Press, Rotary Press, Standing Press
Generic synonyms: Machine
Definition of Printing press
1. Noun. A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Printing Press
Literary usage of Printing press
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... he set up a printing press of his own at Westminster. The first dated book
issued from this press was the "Dictée and sayings of the Philosophers" and ..."
2. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"TYPE-SETTINO AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINES. — JOB PRINTING.— PRINTING IN COLORS.
THE printing press. — EARL OF STANHOPE. — NICHOLSON.— KONIO.—THE LONDON TIMES. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Goss printing press Company of Chicago became interested in the straight-line
press invention, which was being pirated, and bought it. taking Mr. Firm ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"... Engine, or Machine is used or intended to be used shall be signed by the Person
possessed of such printing press, Engine, or Machine with his own Hand, ..."
5. The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts by Clyde Augustus Duniway (1906)
"... the mannagement of the printing press in Boston, late vnder the ... of the
printing press in Boston, lately vnder the ..."
6. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"His press was near the house which he occupied in the Almonry, by the Chapel of St.
Anne.2 This ecclesiastical origin of the first English Printing-press is ..."
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