blind stamping

[blahynd-stamp]

blind-stamp

[blahynd-stamp]
verb (used with object) Bookbinding.
to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
Compare blind (def. 17).


Origin:
1905–10
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Blind stamping is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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blind stamping
 
n
bookbinding Also called: blind blocking an impression on a book cover without using colour or gold leaf

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