LITHOTYPE

Etymology

Noun

lithotype (plural lithotypes)

An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief.

A print made from such a surface.

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.

Verb

lithotype (third-person singular simple present lithotypes, present participle lithotyping, simple past and past participle lithotyped)

(transitive) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.

Anagrams

• phytolite

Source: Wiktionary


Lith"o*type, n.

Definition: A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy.

Lith"o*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lithotyping.]

Definition: To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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