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

  • 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

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  • ghost print

    September 8, 2008

  • Also: blotting paper

    September 8, 2008