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1. addressing, n. View full entry ?c1400
...The action of address (in various senses); an instance of this; (esp. in early use) the action or an act of arranging or guiding something; (in later use)...
2. addressograph, n. View full entry 1894
...An addressing machine....
3. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
4. agate, n. View full entry ?1483
...= jet1a. Obs.rare....
5. Aldine, adj. and n. View full entry 1654
...Designating editions of Greek and Latin classics (including many first printed editions, or principes) issued at Venice by Aldus Manutius (Teobaldo Manucci, 14501515), and his family (...
6. algraphy, n. View full entry 1897
...A printing process similar to lithography, in which aluminium plates are used instead of stones....
7. alkali, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1400
...A saline substance, typically consisting largely of sodium carbonate, extracted from the calcined ashes of saltwort (genus Salsola), glasswort (genus Salicornia), or other plants; soda ash. Cf. ...
8. Aller, n. View full entry 1940
...attrib., esp. in Aller process. Designating an offset printing process in which a copper-coated steel plate is used to transfer the image....
9. alley, n.1 View full entry 1360-1
...A passage between buildings; a narrow street or lane, esp. one wide enough only for pedestrians; a back lane....
10. alphabet, n. View full entry ?a1475
...A set of letters arranged in a conventional order used in a particular writing system; esp. (with the) the set of 26 letters from A to Z used...
11. anastatic, adj. View full entry 1849
...Of the nature of revival; spec. applied to a printing process, in which facsimiles of writing, drawings, or letter-press are produced by a transfer process from zinc plates....
12. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
13. angle bracket, n. View full entry 1733
...Archit., Engin., etc. A bracket fixed at the corner of a building or other structure, typically to support the eaves or cornice.A bracing or supporting bracket consisting...
14. antique, adj. and n. View full entry 1530
...Belonging to former times, ancient, olden. (Now generally rhetorical = of the ‘good old times.’)...
15. appear, v. View full entry c1250
...To come forth into view, as from a place or state of concealment, or from a distance; to become visible....
16. arbitrary, adj. and n. View full entry 1574
...To be decided by one's liking; dependent upon will or pleasure; at the discretion or option of any one. Obs. in general use....
17. archetypist, n. View full entry 1881
...One who studies early typography....
18. archi-, prefix View full entry c1598
...= arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order....
19. artwork, n. View full entry 1855
...Works of art collectively (see work14). Cf. art8a....
20. ascendant | ascendent, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...gen. Rising; moving or tending upwards....
