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printing press

NOUN
machine for printing
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Printing-press, private, attached to Merchant Taylors’ School, 148-9.

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew

The Printing-press is a political element unknown to classic or feudal times.

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Printing-press, permission to establish, 110;   first publications from, 124;   restrictions removed from use of, 230.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.

He here, this winter, by Printing-press and melodious Colloquy, spreads bruit of himself to the utmost City-barriers.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Rev. Messrs. Holcomb and Johnson live in other parts of the city, where there is a Printing-press and a large Depository for the sale of Bibles and Tracts in the different languages of India.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)