5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the size somewhat.
Note: In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio; folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo, or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times, a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having
commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter;
paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or
papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or
paperweight, etc. Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given
in payment of actual indebtedness; — opposed to accommodation paper.
— Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, — used for
catching flies.
— Laid paper. See under Laid.
— Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree (Betula papyracea).
— Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval
force.
— Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.
— Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and
a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron
disks. Forney.
— Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as
promissory notes, duebills, etc.
— Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings.
— Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise
made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of
apartments, etc.; wall paper.
— Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come in on
free passes. [Cant] — Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by
government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,
and circulated as the representative of coin.
— Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.
— Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.
— Paper nautilus. (Zoöl.) See Argonauta.
— Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus.
— Paper sailor. (Zoöl.) See Argonauta.
— Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. De Colange.
— Paper wasp (Zoöl.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike
material, as the yellow jacket.
— Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers
from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.
— Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
— Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect
engravings in books.
— Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above.
— Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except
for uses of little account.
— Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or
watermarked.
PAPER
Pa"per, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
PAPER
Pa"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Papered(); p. pr. & vb. n. Papering.]