Paper nautilus

Paper nautilus
Paper Pa"per (p[=a]"p[~e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa`pyros. Cf. {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. [1913 Webster]

2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. [1913 Webster]

3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society. [1913 Webster]

They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper. [1913 Webster]

5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper. [1913 Webster]

6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See {Paper hangings}, below. [1913 Webster]

7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc. [1913 Webster]

8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper. [1913 Webster]

9. pl. Documents establishing a person's identity, or status, or attesting to some right, such as the right to drive a vehicle; as, the border guard asked for his papers. [PJC]

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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

{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}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Argonauta}.

{Paper reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.

{Paper sailor}. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.

{Paper stainer}, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange.

{Paper wasp} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

{on paper}. (a) in writing; as, I would like to see that on paper. (b) in theory, though not necessarily in paractice. (c) in the design state; planned, but not yet put into practice.

{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 tiger}, a person or group that appears to be powerful and dangerous but is in fact weak and ineffectual. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • paper nautilus — Nautilus Nau ti*lus, n.; pl. E. {Nautiluses}, L. {Nautili}. [L., fr. Gr. nayti los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship. See {Nave} of a church.] 1. (Zo[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • paper nautilus — n. 1. any of a genus (Argonauta) of small, squidlike octopods: the female secretes a large, frail, paperlike shell to protect her eggs until they hatch; argonaut 2. this shell …   English World dictionary

  • paper nautilus — Argonauta Ar go*nau ta, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called {paper nautilus} or {paper sailor}. [1913 Webster] Note: The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • paper nautilus — noun cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells • Syn: ↑nautilus, ↑Argonaut, ↑Argonauta argo • Hypernyms: ↑octopod • Member Holonyms: ↑Argonauta, ↑genus Arg …   Useful english dictionary

  • paper nautilus — noun A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs. Syn: argonaut …   Wiktionary

  • paper nautilus — noun Date: 1835 a pelagic cephalopod (genus Argonauta) of which the female has a delicate papery shell …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell. [1825 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • paper nautilus — noun a small floating octopus, the female of which secretes a thin coiled papery shell in which its eggs are laid. [Genus Argonauta.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • paper nautilus — pa′per nau′tilus n. ivt any swimming octopod mollusk of the genus Argonauta: the female produces a delicate shell into which she lays her eggs • Etymology: 1825–35 …   From formal English to slang

  • paper nautilus — /peɪpə ˈnɔtələs/ (say paypuh nawtuhluhs) noun any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, characterised by the delicate shell of the female; argonaut …  

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