Lexicographical Neighbors of Retree
Literary usage of Retree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"Belling"—"Nip"—Extra water—" Froth bells"—" Outweights "- " Broke "—"retree."
QUESTION 24.—What harm is there to the paper if the scum is allowed to ..."
2. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"... Broke "—" retree." QUESTION 24.— What harm is there to the paper if the scum
is allowed to accumulate ? B states that he has never seen a machine ..."
3. The Stationers' Hand-book, and Guide to the Paper Trade by Stationer (1881)
"To explain this seeming paradox, it must be understood, that retree can only be
considered relatively to its own good—thus, for instance, a writing paper, ..."
4. The Printers' Handbook of Trade Recipes, Hints & Suggestions Relating to by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1891)
"The origin of the word "retree" cannot be traced farther back than the reign of
the Great Napoleon, prior to the Peninsular war. ..."
5. The Paper Mill Chemist by Henry Potter Stevens (1908)
"The price of "retree" is 10 per cent., and of "Outsides" 20 per cent. lower ...
An inside ream "Good" or "retree" contains 480 sheets, and consists of 20 ..."
6. The Papermakers' Pocket Book: Specially Comp. for Paper Mill Operatives by James Beveridge (1911)
"(8) A " Mill " ream, " Good," or " retree," contains 472 sheets, and consists of
18 "Insides" quires of 24 sheets each, and two " Outsides " of 20 sheets ..."
7. A History of Paper-manufacturing in the United States, 1690-1916 by Lyman Horace Weeks (1916)
"... third retree or broken. l';uM\ u\un consisted of eighteen quires of its
particular Diarie and two quires of broken sheets, one on the ! ..."
8. A History of Paper-manufacturing in the United States, 1690-1916 by Lyman Horace Weeks (1916)
"... styled in the order of their perfection: whole, first retree, ... third retree
or broken. Each ream consisted of eighteen quires of its particular grade ..."
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