SINCE 1828
hand-screen
nounDefinition of hand-screen
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a small usually ornamented screen designed to be held in the hand and used formerly as a shade against heat or light
hand-screen
transitive verbDefinition of hand-screen (Entry 2 of 2)
: to print by the silk-screen process
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