Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A waste sheet of printed paper.
- noun Blotting-paper.
- noun In etching, an impression or proof taken upon a sheet of common absorbent paper laid upon the plate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Blotting paper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated
Blotting paper . - noun figuratively Paper waste; printed materials not intended for reading such as
junk mail .
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Examples
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The fact that the Huntington impression is a maculature (a second pull from the plate with little or no addition of more printing medium) helped a good deal; I doubt that the British Museum impression would give up its secrets to backing sunlight because of the density of the colors.
Introduction 2003
darqueau commented on the word maculature
ghost print
September 8, 2008
pavonine commented on the word maculature
Also: blotting paper
September 8, 2008