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Out of print   /aʊt əv prɪnt/   Listen
noun
Print  n.  
1.
A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow. "Where print of human feet was never seen."
2.
A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.
3.
That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.
4.
Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
5.
That which is produced by printing. Specifically:
(a)
An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate. "The prints which we see of antiquities."
(b)
A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical.
(c)
A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.
(d)
A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.
6.
(Founding) A core print. See under Core.
Blue print, a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper.
In print.
(a)
In a printed form; issued from the press; published.
(b)
To the letter; with accurateness. "All this I speak in print."
Out of print. See under Out.
Print works, a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.


adverb
Out  adv.  In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a variety of applications, as:
1.
Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. Opposite of in. "My shoulder blade is out." "He hath been out (of the country) nine years."
2.
Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual or figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; a matter of public knowledge; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out. "Leaves are out and perfect in a month." "She has not been out (in general society) very long."
3.
Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out; that style is on the way out. "Hear me out." "Deceitful men shall not live out half their days." "When the butt is out, we will drink water."
4.
Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest. "Land that is out at rack rent." "He was out fifty pounds." "I have forgot my part, and I am out."
5.
Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. "Lancelot and I are out." "Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest." "Very seldom out, in these his guesses."
6.
Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
7.
Out of fashion; unfashionable; no longer in current vogue; unpopular. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under Over, adv.
Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day.
Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. "Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down." Note: In these lines after out may be understood, "of the harbor," "from the shore," "of sight," or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: "Out of the frying pan into the fire."
Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See Of and From.
Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; opposed to in or into; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance.
Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively.
Out of character, unbecoming; improper.
Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit.
Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.
Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the house; not inside a building; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary. "He 's quality, and the question's out of door,"
Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure.
Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged.
Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation; without hesitation or debate; as, to dismiss a suggestion out of hand. "Ananias... fell down and died out of hand."
Out of harm's way, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place.
Out of joint, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. "The time is out of joint."
Out of mind, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind.
Out of one's head, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. (Colloq.)
Out of one's time, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship.
Out of order, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion.
Out of place, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming.
Out of pocket, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received.
Out of print, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; said of books, pamphlets, etc.
Out of the question, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.
Out of reach, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.
Out of season, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune.
Out of sorts, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under Sort, n.
Out of temper, not in good temper; irritated; angry.
Out of time, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.
Out of time, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful.
Out of twist, Out of winding, or Out of wind, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; said of surfaces.
Out of use, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.
Out of the way.
(a)
On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.
(b)
Improper; unusual; wrong.
Out of the woods, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. (Colloq.)
Out to out, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; applied to measurements.
Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. (U. S.)
To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc.
To make out See to make out under make, v. t. and v. i..
To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy.
Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).





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... snuff and Pi-pos's books please. "Goody Two Shoes" is almost out of print. Mrs. Barbauld's stuff has banished all the old classics of the nursery; and the shopman at Newberry's hardly deigned to reach them off an old exploded corner of a shelf, when Mary asked for them. Mrs. B.'s and Mrs. Trimmer's nonsense lay in piles about. ...
— The Best Letters of Charles Lamb • Charles Lamb
... sister were jointly responsible, and again—though we cannot exactly allot the parts—Charles, as we learn from his letters, wrote but about one third of the whole. Three years after publication the two small volumes in which this work had been issued were out of print, though a number of the pieces were included by the publisher in a "Poetry Book" compilation. In 1827 Lamb wanted a copy and could not get it, indeed the little work had disappeared in the most complete fashion, and another half ...
— Charles Lamb • Walter Jerrold
... son the Hon. John Malcolm Fraser. The extracts were published by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1868 and have been used by Parkman and other historians, who usually, however, confuse Fraser with his commanding officer Colonel Simon Fraser. The extracts have long been out of print. I have not been able to trace the original MS. or any other Journal of Fraser, except a brief and quite valueless one preserved at Mount Murray. In one of his later letters, written fifty years after this Journal, Fraser speaks of his reluctance to handle the pen. But this ...
— A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs - The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 • George M. Wrong
... glad to find how well my book continues to sell. The second edition of three thousand was out of print almost as soon as it appeared, and one thousand two hundred and fifty of the third edition are already bespoken. I hope all this will not make me a coxcomb. I feel no intoxicating effect; but a man may be drunk without knowing it. If my abilities do not ...
— Stories of Authors, British and American • Edwin Watts Chubb
... these sketches now appear for the first time, others have been published serially, whilst certain portions, curtailed or enlarged respectively, are reprinted from a former work long since out of print. Yet again I might entitle this volume, "Scenes from Unfrequented France," many spots being here described by an English traveller for the ...
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