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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Alternative form of rams (“card game”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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verb
To restore damaged coffee by stirring it in a tub with boiling water and then drying it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Compare French ronce (“bramble, brier, thorn”), ranche (“a round, step, rack”), or English round.
