ˈoverprint, n.
1. [over- 19.] = offprint n.
| 1892 Ch. Times 11 Mar. 245/2 The paper sent to you was only an overprint from the ‘Archaeologia’. 1898 R. C. Clephan (title) Notes on the Defensive Armour of Medieval Times. Overprint from the Archæologia Aeliana, Vol. xx. |
2. [over- 8 c.] a. Overprinted matter, esp. on a postage stamp (see quot. 1913). b. The action or result of overprinting.
| 1876 Let. 6 Sept. in J. Easton De La Rue Hist. Brit. & Foreign Postage Stamps, 1855–1901 (1958) xxiv. 710 We should be furnished with the duties which are to fall in the stamps clearly written or printed, so that we might avoid mistakes in making the overprint. 1899 Captain I. 421/2 The correct over-print should have been ‘Z.C. de peso’. 1912 Knecht & Fothergill Princ. & Pract. Textile Printing vii. 319 Its darker colour will mask the paler tint of the over-print. 1913 E. B. Evans Stamps (ed. 4) 58 Overprint, some addition to the design or inscriptions, printed or written upon a stamp which was already complete and fit for use without any such addition. 1928 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 18/4 On three values of this printing some sheets received the overprint upside down. 1938 Knopf & Ingerson Struct. Petrology xiv. 197 Upon this earlier movement there was stamped an oblique overprint of a later deformation, now recorded in the quartz fabric. 1938 E. Raisz Gen. Cartography xvi. 188 Each drawing must have register marks for perfect overprint. 1965 Jrnl. Neurosurg. XIII. 346 The pulses received by the scaler may be recorded by statistical overprint with a telegraphic printer. 1971 Nature 18 June 463/1 (caption) At top, 3 weeks raw data in °F with overprint of best fit cosine ware. 1973 Daily Tel. 23 June 25/6 The 10F on 90c exists with inverted overprint and makes about {pstlg}1,500 in this condition. |