hand press


noun
  1. a printing press requiring hand operation.

Origin of hand press

1
First recorded in 1670–80

Words Nearby hand press

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How to use hand press in a sentence

  • A boy with an ink-smeared face was setting type and a pallid gentleman with glasses was languidly working a hand-press.

  • The cut is placed on a hand press before the form is made up, and proofs on four different thicknesses of paper are made.

  • An impression is made with black printing ink on paper by passing it through the hand press.

  • The powdered outline design is then transferred to the surface of the stone by passing both through a hand press.

  • The result was that Jemmy at once proffered to go to Alnwick and take with him a small hand-press.