frisket
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French frisquet.
Noun
frisket (plural friskets)
- (printing) A thin frame in a printing press that holds the sheet of paper in position and acts as a mask.
- 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:
- And while the Tympan is coming, he slips his Left Hand Fingers from under the Frisket to the hither outer corner of it, as well to keep the Sheet close to the Tympan in its position, as to avoid the jobbing of the lower side of the Frisket against the small square shoulder
- 2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret:
- As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
frisket
- inflection of friske:
- simple past
- past participle