Definitionn. a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Last update: July 23, 2015
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The newspaper apologised for the misprint. [Please select]
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In the Life by Gilpin it is given as 1470, a palpable error, and possibly a misprint for 1490.1 Foxe states that at " the age of fourteen years he was sent to the university of Cambridge," and as he was elected fellow of Clare in 1509, his year of entrance was in all likelihood 1505. [Please select]
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Page 154: "or fly clamping them" likely is a misprint for "by". [Please select]
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[263-2] The original text has Isla bella, which was a misprint for Isabella. [Please select]
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But it may be a misprint for the Spanish sagu or sagui, "sago." [Please select]
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We have regarded it as a misprint for en el puerto, "in the port." [Please select]
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A misprint for the Spanish pifas--a possible shorthand form of pifanos--signifying fifes. [Please select]
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[254] Stanley conjectures that this word is a misprint for maynelas, a diminutive of maina, a talking bird. [Please select]
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