FERROTYPE
Etymology
Noun
ferrotype (plural ferrotypes)
An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
A photograph produced by this means.
Verb
ferrotype (third-person singular simple present ferrotypes, present participle ferrotyping, simple past and past participle ferrotyped)
to take a ferrotype photograph
Source: Wiktionary
Fer"ro*type, n. Etym: [L. ferrum iron + -type.]
Definition: A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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