Presswork
[preswә:k]
Definition
(n.) The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
Checker: Thelma
Examples
- He felt however that it would be impossible for him to resume his presswork in Strasburg. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Here the four worked from early morning until nearly midnight, cutting out new sets of type and preparing them for the presswork. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bradford had been bred to it, and was very illiterate; and Keimer, though something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, knowing nothing of presswork. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Thelma