Word Meanings - GRIPPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In printing presses, the fingers or nippers. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, grips or seizes. 2. pl.

Related words: (words related to GRIPPER)

• PRINTLESS
  Making no imprint. Milton.
• GRIPSACK
  A traveler's handbag.
• PRINTA-BLE
  Worthy to be published.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PRINT
  To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers,
• PRINTING IN
  A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• NIPPERS
  A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form. (more info) 1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
• PRINTSHOP
  A shop where prints are sold.
• PRINTERY
  A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office.
• PRINTING OUT
  A method of printing, in which the image is fully brought out by the direct actinic action of light without subsequent development by means of chemicals.
• PRINTER
  One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. Printer's devil, Printer's gauge. See under Devil, and Gauge. -- Printer's ink. See Printing ink, below.
• PRINTING
  The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic
• IMPRINT
  to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior. 2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates,
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• COMPRINT
  To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E. Phillips. (more info) 1. To print together.
• PHOTOPRINT
  Any print made by a photomechanical process.
• BAT PRINTING
  A mode of printing on glazed ware.
• BLUEPRINT
  See PRINT
• REPRINT
  1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of. 2. To renew the impression of. The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South.
• FOOTPRINT
  The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
• MISPRINT
  To print wrong.