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imposing stone

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 or imposing table
 
n
printing a flat hard surface upon which pages printed from hot metal are imposed
 
imposing table or imposing table
 
n

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