Definition of Frisket

1. n. The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.

Definition of Frisket

1. Noun. A thin frame in a printing press that holds the sheet of paper in position and acts as a mask. ¹

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Definition of Frisket

1. a frame used to protect paper in a printing press [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frisket

frise
frisee
frisees
frises
frisette
frisettes
friseur
friseurs
frisk
friska
friskals
friskas
frisked
frisker
friskers
frisket (current term)
friskets
friskful
friskier
friskiest
friskily
friskiness
friskinesses
frisking
friskingly
friskings
frisks
frislet
frislets

Literary usage of Frisket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. "Quad's Odds" by M. Quad (1875)
"OLD frisket. central Michigan, many years ago, an old bachelor who may be ... There was only a small amount of job-work, frisket didn't write to exceed a ..."

2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1851)
"X is the tympan, and Y the frisket, :h open the reverse way to the same parts in presses now in general use ¡ they jointed together at the lower edge, ..."

3. The Invention of Printing: A Collection of Facts and Opinions Descriptive of by Theodore Low De Vinne (1878)
"... materials he performed very difficult task. AC The frisket. CB The Tympan. BD The Bed. The frisket, Tympan and Bed of a European Hand Printing Press. ..."

4. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"The frisket is a light iron frame attached to the upper part of the tympan by means of a knuckle and pins at either corner. Its object is to keep the sheet ..."

5. Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Printing by Great Britain Patent Office (1859)
"2, an arrangement of machinery, by which the patentee is " enabled to deliver the printed sheets of paper without " being obliged to lift up the frisket by ..."

6. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"Two joints of the simplest construction, by which the frisket is attached to ... Where the frisket is fixed on centres this inconvenience does not exist. ..."

7. The Printer's Complete Guide: Containing a Sketch of the History and by Charles Frederick Partington (1825)
"Press Work. brown or stiff paper, by means of paste, and cut; to perform which the pressman fits the match joints of the frisket into the match joints of ..."

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