The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.MacKellar, Thomas
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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.
MacKellar, Thomas
Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States
_Sic passim._—So everywhere.
_Sic semper tyrannis._—So be it ever to tyrants.
_Sic transit gloria mundi._—Thus passes away the glory of the
world.
_Sicut ante._—As before.
_Similia similibus curantur._—Like things are cured by like.
_Simplex munditiis._—Of simple elegance.
_Sine die._—Without naming a day.
_Sine invidiâ._—Without envy.
_Sine qua non._—An indispensable requisite.
_Siste, viator._—Stop, traveller.
_Sobriquet._—A nickname.
_Soi-disant._—Self-styled; pretended.
_Soirée._—An evening party.
_Souvenir._—Remembrance; a keepsake.
_Spartam nactus es, hanc exorna._—You have got something good;
make the most of it you can.
_Spectas et spectaberis._—You will see and be seen.
_Spes mea Christus._—Christ is my hope.
_Spolia opima._—The richest booty.
_Stans pede in uno._—Standing on one foot.
_Statu quo_, or _in statu quo_.—In the same state.
_Stet._—Let it stand.
_Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re._—Gentle in manner, resolute
in deed.
_Sub judice._—Under consideration.
_Sub rosâ._—Under the rose; privately.
_Sub silentio._—In silence.
_Subpœna._—Under a penalty: a summons to attend a court as a
witness.
_Succedaneum._—A substitute.
_Sui generis._—Of its own kind; peculiar.
_Summum bonum._—The chief good.
_Supersedeas._—A writ to stay proceedings.
_Super visum corporis._—Upon a view of the body.
_Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi._—A suppression of the truth
is the suggestion of a falsehood.
_Supra._—Above.
_Suum cuique._—Let every one have his own.
_Table d’hôte._—An ordinary at which the master of the hotel
presides.
_Tabula rasa._—A smooth or blank tablet.
_Tædium vitæ._—Weariness of life.
_Tale quale._—Such as it is.
_Tant mieux._—So much the better.
_Tant pis._—So much the worse.
_Tapis._—The carpet.
_Tartuffe._—A nickname for a hypocritical devotee, derived
from the principal character in Molière’s comedy so called.
_Te judice._—You may judge.
_Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis._—The times are
changed, and we are changed with them.
_Tempus edax rerum._—Time the devourer of all things.
_Tempus fugit._—Time flies.
_Tempus omnia revelat._—Time reveals all things.
_Teres atque rotundus._—Smooth and round; polished and complete.
_Terra firma._—Solid earth; a safe footing.
_Terra incognita._—An unknown country.
_Terre tenant._—A person in actual possession of the land.
_Tertium quid._—A third something; a nondescript.
_Tête-à-tête._—A conversation between two parties.
_Tirade._—A tedious and bitter harangue.
_Ton._—The fashion.
_Torso._—The fragmentary trunk of a statue.
_Tort._—A wrong; an injury.
_Tot homines, quot sententiæ._—So many men, so many minds.
_Totidem verbis._—In just so many words.
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