imposing stone
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.
Origin of imposing stone
1- Also called imposing table.
Words Nearby imposing stone
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How to use imposing stone in a sentence
Bob, shirt sleeves rolled up, was working on some chases on an imposing stone.
Bound to Succeed | Allen ChapmanA clever catechist made him an imposing-stone out of two boulders of basalt found in a river-bed hard by.
The Long White Cloud | William Pember ReevesCoffinThe box-like frame surrounding an imposing stone on its stand.
Type Cases and Composing-room furniture | A. A. StewartA dilapidated imposing stone ranged along the rear wall near a door that 89 opened into the sunlight.
The Coming of the Law | Charles Alden SeltzerDown to 1870 Mr. Tiffany's "imposing stone," used in the printing of the Constellation, did duty in the office of the Mail.
Toronto of Old | Henry Scadding
British Dictionary definitions for imposing stone
printing a flat hard surface upon which pages printed from hot metal are imposed
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