block printing
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block printing
noun
- A method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.
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Synonym of woodblock printing.
This invention seems never to have been developed to any practical application in superseding block-printing.
Similar: woodblock printing
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