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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

blew paper

English answer:

blue paper

Added to glossary by Vitaly Ashkinazi
Jul 1, 2006 07:23
17 yrs ago
English term

blew paper

English Other Paper / Paper Manufacturing Paper
Could you explain what kind of paper is this (or maybe translate into Russian :)
Responses
4 +7 blue paper

Discussion

Vitaly Ashkinazi (asker) Jul 12, 2006:
Quote One of the earliest references to the use of paper for packaging is in a patent taken out by Charles Hildeyerd on 16 February 1665 for 'The way and art of making blew paper used by sugar-bakers and others' (Hills, 1988).
Jonathan MacKerron Jul 1, 2006:
need more info, perhaps from blow "the wind blew paper off the table"?

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blue paper

I am pretty sure that this is a misprint for "blue paper", a specific type of paper as described in the following references. The few references to "blew paper" in Google all appeared to be misprints.

Summary of the History of Blue Paper
Blue paper also used for wrapping suger, linen, candles,, " ", The Netherlands became a major supplier of blue paper throughout Europe. ...
aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-10.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Historical Manufacture and Use of Blue Paper
The first recorded mention of blue paper appeared in northern Italy in the ... The information presented here covers the manufacture of blue paper until the ...
aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-02.html

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Note added at 25 mins (2006-07-01 07:49:39 GMT)
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Trying to make those links active:
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-10.html
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-02.html
Peer comment(s):
agree Armorel Young : more context needed but yes, this is almost certainly it.
1 min
Thank you.
agree P.L.F. Persio : yes, in Italy they call it "carta da zucchero"
1 hr
Thank you. Zucchero is one of the very few Italian words I know.
agree Tahir
3 hrs
Thank you.
agree Kari Foster : In your example, they spelt "blue" right, but "sugar" wrong! Well I suppose you can't have everything...
5 hrs
Thank you. So they did! I hadn't noticed that.
agree Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 17 hrs
Thank you.
agree Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 18 hrs
Thank you.
agree juvera : Not necessarily a misprint. The Old English word is blaewen, and the spelling 'blew' was fairly common.Marlow and Newton spelt blue as 'blew'. The question may be related to an old document. :-)
2 days 3 hrs
Thank you. In Marlowe's time there were no consistent rules on spelling.
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