hand press

noun

a printing press requiring hand operation.

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Origin of hand press

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby hand press

hand organ, hand out, hand over, hand over fist, hand over hand, hand press, hand puppet, hand screw, hand scroll, hand setting, hand tight

Example sentences from the Web for hand press

He likewise uses the hand-press proofs of the picture as a guide in mixing his inks.
The Building of a Book|Various
"Country weeklies and Washington hand-press dailies, of course," says I when we was ready to make contracts.
The Gentle Grafter|O. Henry
We were very vain of that press, which replaced the hand-press hitherto employed in printing the paper.
Years of My Youth|William Dean Howells
A hand-press occupied the centre of the interior, the back of which was partitioned off, and marked 'private.'
The Grandchildren of the Ghetto|Israel Zangwill

He could only set up four pages of type, and only print copies with a hand-press.
Prisoner for Blasphemy|G. W. [George William] Foote