a. [f. mod.L. Columbia, poetical name for America (f. Columbus its discoverer) + -AN.] Of or belonging to America or (esp.) the United States. Columbian Printing Press, an iron press for letterpress work.
1755. Caledonian Mercury, 7 April, 1/2.
| There she beholds a Race of Heroes rise | |
| T’ assert her Fame beneath Columbian Skies. |
1828. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
1841. W. Savage, Dict. Printing, 171–2. He [Clymer of Philadelphia] came to England in 1817, and introduced the Columbian Press…. The head is a powerful lever, which is acted on by other levers to which the bar is attached.
