Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Absorbent paper used to blot a surface by soaking up excess ink.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb an excess of ink from freshly written paper without blurring.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from a freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.
WordNet 3.0
- n. absorbent paper used to dry ink
Examples
“He mopped up the mess with a special wodge of blotting paper which he appeared to keep for such emergencies, and continued, the volume of his voice flaring and dying like a faulty loud-speaker.”
“The Coroner’s pen traced idle designs on the blotting paper in front of him.”
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The Bindery
A list of bookbinding terms and phrases, for assembling new or repairing/reassembling old books.
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Penmanship
Spencerian method, Palmer method, Platt R. Spencer, cursive, round hand, running hand, handwriting, stylus, pen, vellum, penmanship, script and 86 more...
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