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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carborundum cloth \Carborundum cloth\ or paper \paper\ . Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work Note: Hence: {Poonah brush}, {paper}, {painter}, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paper \Pa"per\, n. [F. papier, fr L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr ?. Cf {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. 2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. 3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like a writing; as a paper read before a scientific society. They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden. 4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as a daily paper. 5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like as the bank holds a large amount of his paper. 6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See {Paper hangings}, below. 7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc 8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as cantharides paper. Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the size somewhat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paper \Pa"per\, a. Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as a paper box; a paper army. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paper \Pa"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Papered}; p. pr & vb n. {Papering}.] 1. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as to paper a room or a house. 2. To fold or inclose in paper. 3. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. ['e]meri, earlier ['e]meril, It smeriglio fr Gr ?, ?, ?, cf ? to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf {Emeril}.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under {Corundum}. {Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. {Emery cloth} or {paper}, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. {Emery wheel}, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a {buff wheel}, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a {glazer}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr fodere to dig: cf F. fossile. See {Fosse}.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not as fossil plants, shells. {Fossil copal}, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. {Fossil cork}, {flax}, {paper}, or {wood}, varieties of amianthus. {Fossil farina}, a soft carbonate of lime. {Fossil ore}, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paper n 1: a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 2: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: {composition}, {report}, {theme}] 3: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" [syn: {newspaper}] 4: medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" 5: a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers" 6: a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers" [syn: {newspaper}, {newspaper publisher}] 7: a newspaper as a physical object: "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" [syn: {newspaper}] v 1: cover with paper; "paper the box" 2: cover with wallpaper [syn: {wallpaper}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Paper The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), "the paper reeds by the brooks," is in the Revised Version more correctly "the meadows by the Nile." The words undoubtedly refer to a grassy place on the banks of the Nile fit for pasturage. In 2 John 1:12 the word is used in its proper sense The material so referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and hence its name The papyrus (Heb. gome) was a kind of bulrush (q.v.). It is mentioned by Job (8:11) and Isaiah (35:7). It was used for many purposes. This plant (Papyrus Nilotica) is now unknown in Egypt; no trace of it can be found The unaccountable disappearance of this plant from Egypt was foretold by Isaiah (19:6, 7) as a part of the divine judgment on that land. The most extensive papyrus growths now known are in the marshes at the northern end of the lake of Merom.
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