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Lithotype

Lithotype \Lith"o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lithotyping.] To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.

Lithotype

Lithotype \Lith"o*type\, n.

  1. An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief; also, the process of printing from such a surface, or that which is printed from it.

  2. A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.

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lithotype

n. 1 An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief. 2 A print made from such a surface. 3 A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing. vb. (context transitive English) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.

Usage examples of "lithotype".

Here, too, is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, corkcutters, compositors, weavers, and diamond-polishers.

Here, too, is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, cork cutters, compositors, weavers, and diamond-polishers.