Paper

pa'per, n. A thin, flexible substance, made of rag pulp, vegetable fiber, etc., in sheets for writing or printing on, to be used in wrapping, etc.; a sheet or piece of such substance; a printed or written instrument; a writing; a newspaper; journal; notes or bills of exchange; bank-notes, etc.; hangings printed or stamped for the walls of rooms, —v. t. [papered pro- (-pgrd), -pering.] To cover with paper;_to fold or in an close in paper. — Papier-mache, pap^ya-ma/sha, n. A hard substance made of a pulp from rags or paper To To mixed with size or glue, and decast in a mold. — Papy'rus, n.; pi. -ri. A species of reed or flag from which the ancients made a material for writing upon; a manuscript written on rolls of papyrus.— Papyr'ograph, -pYr'o-graf, n. A machine for printing fac-simile One impre ions from manuscripts. A Papes cent. See under Pap.