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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

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

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)

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