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Imposing stone

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imposing stone

–noun Printing.
a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
Also called imposing table.


Origin:
1720–30
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imposing stone  
n.  A stone or metal slab on which material to be printed is arranged. Also called imposing table.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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