Definitions for: Paper


[n] a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
[n] medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"
[n] a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"
[n] a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers"
[n] an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
[n] a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers"
[n] a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
[v] cover with wallpaper
[v] cover with paper; "paper the box"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.



Note: In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever
size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio;
folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo,
or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times,
a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and
set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an
offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.



Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,
having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper
cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or
paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;
paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,
or paperweight, etc.

Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in
payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to
accommodation paper.

Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used
for catching flies.

Laid paper. See under Laid.

Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula
papyracea}).

Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval
force.

Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.

Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel
tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between
two plate-iron disks. --Forney.

Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such
as promissory notes, duebills, etc.

Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings.

Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or
otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against
the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.

Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come
in on free passes. [Cant]

Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government
or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,
and circulated as the representative of coin.

Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.

Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.

Paper nautilus. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.

Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus.

Paper sailor. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.

Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De
Colange.

Paper wasp (Zo["o]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of
paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.

Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose
papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.

Parchment paper. See Papyrine.

Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to
protect engravings in books.

Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above.

Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,
except for uses of little account.

Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not
ribbed or watermarked.


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.


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.]

Synonyms: composition, newspaper, newspaper, newspaper, newspaper publisher, report, theme, wallpaper

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