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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PA'PER, n. [L. papyrus, the name of an Egyptian plant, from which was made a kind of paper.]
1. A substance formed into thin sheets on which letters and figures are written or printed. Paper is made of different materials; but among us it is usually made of linen or cotton rags. A fine paper is made of silk, particularly for bank-notes,which require to be very thin.
2. A piece of paper.
3. A single sheet printed or written; as a daily paper; a weekly paper; a periodical paper; referring to essays, journals,newspapers, etc.
4. Any written instrument, whether note, receipt, bill, invoice, bond, memorial, deed, and the like. The papers lie on the speaker's table.
They brought a paper to me to be signed.
5. A promissory note or notes or a bill of exchange; as negotiable paper.
6. Hangings printed or stamped; paper for covering the walls of rooms.
PA'PER, a. Made of paper; consisting of paper.
1. Thin; slight; as a paper wall.
PA'PER, v.t. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
1. To register. [Not used.]
2. To fold or inclose in paper.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, paper, 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, paper]
4: a 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, paper, newspaper publisher]
7: the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" [syn: newspaper, paper] v
1: cover with paper; "paper the box"
2: cover with wallpaper [syn: wallpaper, paper]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English papir, from Anglo-French, from Latin papyrus papyrus, paper, from Greek papyros papyrus Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a felted sheet of usually vegetable fibers laid down on a fine screen from a water suspension (2) a similar sheet of other material (as plastic) b. a piece of paper 2. a. a piece of paper containing a written or printed statement ; document <pedigree papers> b. a piece of paper containing writing or print c. a formal written composition often designed for publication and often intended to be read aloud <presented a scholarly paper at the meeting> d. a piece of written schoolwork 3. a paper container or wrapper 4. newspaper 5. the negotiable notes or instruments of commerce 6. wallpaper 7. tickets; especially free passes 8. paperback II. verb (papered; papering) Date: 1594 transitive verb 1. archaic to put down or describe in writing 2. to fold or enclose in paper 3. to cover or line with paper; especially to apply wallpaper to 4. to fill by giving out free passes <paper the theater for opening night> 5. to cover (an area) with advertising bills, circulars, or posters intransitive verb to hang wallpaper • paperer noun III. adjective Date: 1594 1. a. made of paper, cardboard, or papier-mâché <a paper bag> b. papery 2. of or relating to clerical work or written communication 3. existing only in theory ; nominal <a paper blockade> 4. admitted by free passes <a paper audience> 5. finished with a crisp smooth surface similar to that of paper <paper taffeta>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing or drawing or printing on, or as wrapping material etc. 2 (attrib.) a made of or using paper. b flimsy like paper. 3 = NEWSPAPER. 4 a a document printed on paper. b (in pl.) documents attesting identity or credentials. c (in pl.) documents belonging to a person or relating to a matter. 5 Commerce a negotiable documents, e.g. bills of exchange. b (attrib.) recorded on paper though not existing (paper profits). 6 a a set of questions to be answered at one session in an examination. b the written answers to these. 7 = WALLPAPER. 8 an essay or dissertation, esp. one read to a learned society or published in a learned journal. 9 a piece of paper, esp. as a wrapper etc. 10 Theatr. sl. free tickets or the people admitted by them (the house is full of paper). --v.tr. 1 apply paper to, esp. decorate (a wall etc.) with wallpaper. 2 (foll. by over) a cover (a hole or blemish) with paper. b disguise or try to hide (a fault etc.). 3 Theatr. sl. fill (a theatre) by giving free passes. Phrases and idioms: on paper 1 in writing. 2 in theory; to judge from written or printed evidence. paper-boy (or -girl) a boy or girl who delivers or sells newspapers. paper-chase a cross-country run in which the runners follow a trail marked by torn-up paper. paper-clip a clip of bent wire or of plastic for holding several sheets of paper together. paper-hanger a person who decorates with wallpaper, esp. professionally. paper-knife a blunt knife for opening letters etc. paper-mill a mill in which paper is made. paper money money in the form of banknotes. paper mulberry a small Asiatic tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of the mulberry family, whose bark is used for making paper and cloth. paper nautilus see NAUTILUS 2. paper round 1 a job of regularly delivering newspapers. 2 a route taken doing this. paper tape Computing tape made of paper, esp. that on which data or instructions are represented by means of holes punched in it, for conveying to a processor etc. paper tiger an apparently threatening, but ineffectual, person or thing. Derivatives: paperer n. paperless adj. Etymology: ME f. AF papir, = OF papier f. L papyrus: see PAPYRUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Carborundum cloth Carborundum cloth or paper paper . Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(papers, papering, papered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper. He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me... She sat at the table with pen and paper. ...a sheet of pretty wrapping paper. ...a paper bag. 2. A paper is a newspaper. I'll cook and you read the paper. N-COUNT 3. You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers. You can't believe everything you read in the paper... N-COUNT: the N 4. Your papers are sheets of paper with writing or information on them, which you might keep in a safe place at home. Her papers included unpublished articles and correspondence. N-PLURAL: usu with poss 5. Your papers are official documents, for example your passport or identity card, which prove who you are or which give you official permission to do something. They have arrested four people who were trying to leave the country with forged papers. = identification N-PLURAL: usu poss N 6. A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject. He just published a paper in the journal Nature analyzing the fires. N-COUNT 7. A paper is an essay written by a student. (mainly AM) ...the ten common errors that appear most frequently in student papers. N-COUNT see also term paper 8. A paper is a part of a written examination in which you answer a number of questions in a particular period of time. We sat each paper in the Hall... N-COUNT 9. A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law. ...a new government paper on European policy. N-COUNT see also Green Paper, White Paper 10. Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful. We're looking for people who have experience rather than paper qualifications. ADJ: ADJ n 11. If you paper a wall, you put wallpaper on it. We papered all four bedrooms... The room was strange, the walls half papered, half painted. VERB: V n, V-ed 12. If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down. It is important to get something down on paper... PHRASE: PHR after v 13. If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case. On paper, their country is a multi-party democracy... PHRASE 14. If you say that a promise, an agreement, or a guarantee is not worth the paper it's written on, you mean that although it has been written down and seems to be official, it is in fact worthless because what has been promised will not be done. PHRASE: Vs inflect [disapproval]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pa'-per.

See CRAFTS, II, 13; PAPYRUS; REED; WRITING.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Document, writing, written instrument. 2. Newspaper, journal. 3. Dissertation, essay, article. 4. (Com.) Notes, bank-notes, drafts, bills of exchange. 5. Wall-paper, paper hangings.

Moby Thesaurus

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