Print (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Printed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Printing.] [Abbrev. fr. imprint. See Imprint, and
Press to squeeze.] 1. To fix or impress,
as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon
something.
A look will print a thought that never may
remove.
Surrey.
Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint,
Which in that field young Edward's sword did
print.
Sir John Beaumont.
Perhaps some footsteps printed in the
clay.
Roscommon.
2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an
impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode,
That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.
Dryden.
3. Specifically: To strike off an impression
or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or
engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting,
presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print
books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a
book.
4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or
patterns; as, to print calico.
5. (Photog.) To take (a copy, a
positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or
the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface.
Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in
patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.
Print, v. i. 1. To
use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters,
figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.
2. To publish a book or an article.
From the moment he prints, he must except to
hear no more truth.
Pope.
Print, n. [See Print,
v., Imprint, n.]
1. A mark made by impression; a line, character,
figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another;
as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of
the foot in sand or snow.
Where print of human feet was never
seen.
Dryden.
2. A stamp or die for molding or impressing an
ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.
3. That which receives an impression, as from
a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.
4. Printed letters; the impression taken from
type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print;
large print; this line is in print.
5. That which is produced by printing.
Specifically: (a) An impression taken from
anything, as from an engraved plate. "The prints which we
see of antiquities." Dryden. (b) A printed
publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical.
Addison. (c) A printed cloth; a fabric
figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.
(d) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on
prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent
paper.
6. (Founding) A core print. See under
Core.
Blue print, a copy in white lines on a blue
ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in
blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on
peculiarly prepared paper. -- In print.
(a) In a printed form; issued from the press;
published. Shak. (b) To the letter;
with accurateness. "All this I speak in print."
Shak. -- Out of print. See under
Out. -- Print works, a factory where
cloth, as calico, is printed.
