Lying press

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English

noun

"A press usually of solid hardwood, with a track on one side in which a plow can run for trimming book edges or boards. It usually has a screw at each end for adjusting the cheeks".<ref name="ICA">Crespo Nogueira, Carmen, ed. ICA Handbooks Series : Glossary of Basic Archival and Library Conservation Terms : English with Equivalents in Spanish, German, Italian, French and Russian. Munchen, DEU: K. G. Saur, 2010. ProQuest ebrary. Web. http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/lib/asulib/detail.action?docID=10591270</ref>

Related terms

finishing press

Translations

• Danish: (translation needed)

• Dutch: (translation needed)

• French: presse allemande<ref name="Kuhn">Kuhn, Hilde. Wörterbuch Der Handbuchbinderei Und Der Restaurierung: Von Einbänden, Papyri, Handschriften, Graphiken, Autographen, Urkunden Und Globen in Deutscher, Englischer, Französischer Und Italienischer Sprache. Stuttgart: Hettler, 1969. Print.</ref>, presse horizontale<ref name="ICA">Crespo Nogueira, Carmen, ed. ICA Handbooks Series : Glossary of Basic Archival and Library Conservation Terms : English with Equivalents in Spanish, German, Italian, French and Russian. Munchen, DEU: K. G. Saur, 2010. ProQuest ebrary. Web. http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/lib/asulib/detail.action?docID=10591270</ref>

• German: Handpresse<ref name="ICA" /><ref name="Kuhn" />

• Italian: torchio<ref name="ICA" /><ref name="Kuhn" />, pressa orizzontale<ref name="ICA" />

• Latin: (translation needed)

• Russian: пресс обреаной<ref name="ICA" />

• Spanish: prensa horizontal<ref name="ICA" />

• Swedish: (translation needed)

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