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line block

British

noun

a letterpress printing block made by a photoengraving process without the use of a screen

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He had a goal line block in the 2-1 road loss against Los Angeles FC to open the season.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Individual stamps from that sheet are now worth $13,000; a center line block of four goes for $65,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The actual wear in printing even of a fine line block is imperceptible, for the pressure is very slight.

From Wood-Block Printing A Description of the Craft of Woodcutting and Colour Printing Based on the Japanese Practice by Fletcher, F. Morley (Frank Morley)

If the Werner family had been city folk they would, perforce, have burrowed in one of those rabbit-warren tenements that line block after block of city streets.

From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna

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