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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_153522" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_153522" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' a.) Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See [[Paper]] hangings, below. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61996" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61996" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> PA'PER, n. L. papyrus, the name of an [[Egyptian]] plant, from which was made a kind of paper. </p> 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, &c. 4. Any written instrument, whether note, receipt, bill, invoice, bond, memorial, deed, and the like. The papers lie on the speaker's table. <p> They brought a paper to me to be signed. </p> 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. <p> PA'PER, a. Made of paper consisting of paper. </p> 1. [[Thin]] slight as a paper wall. <p> PA'PER, To cover with paper to furnish with paper hangings as, to paper a room or a house. </p> 1. To register. Not used. 2. To fold or inclose in paper. | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78669" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78669" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53332" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53332" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> PAPER. </strong> See Writing, § <strong> 6 </strong> . </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7096" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7096" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' pā´pẽr ''''' . See [[Crafts]] , | <p> ''''' pā´pẽr ''''' . See [[Crafts]] , II, 13; [[Papyrus]]; [[Reed]]; Writing . </p> | ||
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