imposing stone

noun Printing.

a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
Also called imposing table.

Origin of imposing stone

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby imposing stone

importune, importunity, impose, impose on, imposing, imposing stone, imposition, impossibility, impossible, impossible figure, impost

Example sentences from the Web for imposing stone

  • The Imposing-stone—a piece of marble or other flat stone set upon the work table.

    The Boy Craftsman |A. Neely Hall

  • His grave in the Jefferson cemetery has been marked with the imposing-stone that he used in his office.

    Years of My Youth |William Dean Howells

  • A clever catechist made him an imposing-stone out of two boulders of basalt found in a river-bed hard by.

    The Long White Cloud |William Pember Reeves

British Dictionary definitions for imposing stone

imposing stone

imposing table

noun

printing a flat hard surface upon which pages printed from hot metal are imposed