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frisket
CIDE DICTIONARY
frisket, n. [F. frisguette. Perhaps so named from the velocity or frequency of its motion. See Frisk a. ].
The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frisket, n. Printing a thin iron frame keeping the sheet in position during printing on a hand-press.
Etymology
F frisquette f. Prov. frisqueto f. Sp. frasqueta
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