foul matter

American  

noun

1. Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.

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Example Sentences

At first a course foul matter will work over; to which purpose it must be kept always full with fresh Liquor of the same, as it worketh over.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne

Even the public esplanade has to be shunned, the silt from the sewer which is being used for reclaiming being a mass of foul matter.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry

Filth, filth, n. foul matter: anything that defiles, physically or morally.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Much of this foul matter is washed by rains into their tanks and pools of water, which they use indiscriminately for washing, cooking, and drinking purposes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

All the drains of the town flow into the waters of the harbor, which has not sufficient flow of tide to carry seaward the foul matter thus accumulated.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Related Words

• grime
• slime
• smut