Print, subst. 1) any mark made by impression: “his tenderer cheek receives her soft hand's p.” Ven. 353. “which any p. of goodness wilt not take,” Tp. I, 2, 352. Meas. II, 4, 130. Ado I, 1, 203. LLL II, 236. John IV, 3, 26. Cymb. II, 3, 48.
2) typographical writing: “we quarrel in p., by the book,” As V, 4, 94. “although the p. be little,” Wint. II, 3, 98. “I love a ballad in p.” IV, 4, 264. in p. == to the letter, accurately: “all this I speak in p., for in p. I found it,” Gent. II, 1, 175. “I will do it, sir, in p.” LLL III, 173.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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