Mimeograph

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  • noun. A duplicator that makes copies of written, drawn, or typed material from a stencil that is fitted around an inked drum.
  • noun. A copy made by this method of duplication.
  • intransitive verb. To make (copies) on a mimeograph.
  • intransitive verb. To use a mimeograph.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An apparatus invented by Edison, by which stencils of written pages may be obtained for the production of an indefinite number of copies
  • To multiply (copies of a writing or document) by means of a mimeograph; manifold by the use of a mimeograph.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A copying device that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed; it was invented by Edison.
  • transitive verb. to make copies of using a mimeograph.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An invention of Thomas A. Edison, a machine for making printed copies, using typed stencil, ubiquitous until the 1990s when photocopying became competitive (if not cheaper), and considerably easier to use.
  • verb. To make mimeograph copies.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
  • verb. print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
  • Word Usage
    "He had been long impressed by the desirability of the rapid production of copies of written documents, and, as we have seen by a previous chapter, he invented the electric pen for this purpose, only to improve upon it later with a more desirable device which he called the mimeograph, that is in use, in various forms, at this time."
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