wove paper
paper that exhibits a pattern of fine mesh when held up to the light.
Origin of wove paper
1- Compare laid paper.
Words Nearby wove paper
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How to use wove paper in a sentence
(V) Small 8vo, vii 334 pages, printed on English antique wove paper, silk-cloth boards.
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar WildeNevertheless there appear to be several used copies of the wove paper 12d.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery | Clifton Armstrong Howes(the thin wove paper): "We took a six-pence from a letter dated June 25th, 1852."
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery | Clifton Armstrong HowesIf such be the case, it is only a step further to the entire disappearance of these "laid lines," and lo, the wove paper!
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery | Clifton Armstrong HowesYet the catalog value of the latter is $2.50 against 36 cents for the wove paper imperforate alone.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery | Clifton Armstrong Howes
British Dictionary definitions for wove paper
paper with a very faint mesh impressed on it by the dandy roller on the paper-making machine: Compare laid paper
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