imposing stone

noun

, Printing.

1. a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.

imposing stone

noun

1. printing a flat hard surface upon which pages printed from hot metal are imposed

Word History and Origins

Origin of imposing stone¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Bob, shirt sleeves rolled up, was working on some chases on an imposing stone.

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A clever catechist made him an imposing-stone out of two boulders of basalt found in a river-bed hard by.

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CoffinThe box-like frame surrounding an imposing stone on its stand.

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A dilapidated imposing stone ranged along the rear wall near a door that 89 opened into the sunlight.

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Down to 1870 Mr. Tiffany's "imposing stone," used in the printing of the Constellation, did duty in the office of the Mail.

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