Limp binding

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• Limp binding — Мягкая переплётная крышка с краями, сгибающимися над обрезом книги; переплётная крышка с мягкими сторонками …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

• limp — I [[t]lɪmp[/t]] v. i. 1) pat to walk with a labored movement, as when lame 2) to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner 3) to progress with great difficulty 4) a lame movement or gait • Etymology: 1560–70; extracted from obs. limphault… …   From formal English to slang

• limp — I. intransitive verb Etymology: probably from Middle English lympen to fall short; akin to Old English limpan to happen, lemphealt lame Date: circa 1570 1. a. to walk lamely; especially to walk favoring one leg b. to go unsteadily ; falter 2. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Limp vellum — is a bookbinding method used commonly in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The limp vellum binding was typically used for prayer books and small textbooks in octavo format. The cover was made with a single piece of vellum, folded around the textblock …   Wikipedia

• limp — limp1 [limp] vi. [ME lympen < OE limpan, to befall, occur (in a specialized sense, to walk lamely), akin to MHG limpfen, to walk with a limp, OHG limfan, to befall, happen < IE * (s)lemb < base * leb , to hang down, be limp > SLUMP,… …   English World dictionary

• limp — limp1 limper, n. limpingly, adv. /limp/, v.i. 1. to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame. 2. to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along. 3. to progress… …   Universalium

• Coptic binding — Simple Coptic binding (model) Coptic binding refers to methods of bookbinding developed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century AD to the 11th century.[1][2] The term is als …   Wikipedia

• List of The Dresden Files characters — The Dresden Files series features a diverse cast of complicated characters. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Harry Dresden 1.2 Karrin Murphy 1.3 Bob …   Wikipedia

• Bookbinding — A traditional bookbinder at work Old bookbindings …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of poker terms — The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the Glossary of card terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal …   Wikipedia

• hobble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shackle, bond, binding. v. limp, stagger; halt, bind, shackle, handicap, limit. See restraint, slowness, failure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To restrict] Syn. clog, fetter, shackle; see hinder , restrain… …   English dictionary for students