benday

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verb

To use the Ben Day printing and photoengraving technique.

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Meanings

verbbenday (third-person singular simple present bendays, present participle bendaying, simple past and past participle bendayed)

present singular third person bendays · participle present bendaying · participle past bendayed · past bendayed

  1. archaicmediaTo use the Ben Day printing and photoengraving technique.

    The artist then proceeds to work on the dyed print, performing any ruling, bendaying, lettering or whatever art work is necessary.

    1937, Joseph Stephen Mertle, Harry Keusch, Photolithography & Offset Printing: A Reference Manual of Modern Procedure, page 184

Origin

From Ben Day.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

benday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benday

MLA

“benday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benday.

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