"block printing" meaning in English

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          "text": "This invention seems never to have been developed to any practical application in superseding block-printing.",
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        "Woodblock printing, a style of printing (common in China and Japan) from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush."
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        "A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colours, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter."
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