Exact historical dictionary sense
Print in Webster's 1913 dictionary
The 1913 record labels print as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.
WEBSTER 1913noun
Print
[See Print, v., Imprint, n.]
Cross-verified historical senseHeadwordprint
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[See Print, v., Imprint, n.]
Selected historical definitionA mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.
Signed record IDwebster1913-print-noun-c93809982e58
Source locatorCIDE.P, paragraph 14692; Gutenberg eBook 666
Quick answer
In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "print" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[See Print, v., Imprint, n.]" The selected historical definition says: "A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow."